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The common schools movement was the effort to fund schools in every community with public dollars, and is thus heralded as the start of systematic public schooling in the United States. The movement was begun by Horace Mann, who was elected secretary of the newly founded Massachusetts Board of Education in 1837.
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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of topeka#:~:text=Sources-,Brown%20v.,in%20public%20schools%20was%20unconstitutional. -
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas.
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This was one of the most successful legislative initiatives in higher education. This act established the legitimacy of federal funding of higher education and made substantial funds available for low-cost student loans.
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Sputnik_Spurs_Passage_of_National_Defense_Education_Act.htm#:~:text=The%20National%20Defense%20Education%20Act%20of%201958%20became%20one%20of,and%20private%20colleges%20and%20universities. -
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a four-part piece of American legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with Free Appropriate Public Education that is tailored to their individual needs.
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a powerful national effort to set clear educational goals. a means of preparing children for a high-tech, global economy. predetermined standards and tests to which schools are aligning their curriculum.
https://mste.illinois.edu/courses/ci407su01/students/north/virginia/finalproject/module%201.ppt#:~:text=The%20Standards%20Movement-,The%20Standards%20Movement,schools%20are%20aligning%20their%20curricula -
Google has revolutionized access to information and its impact on education is still being fully researched. It has changed the way people think of research and assimilating data and this means a framework change in how education is approached by a whole new generation.
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The No Child Left Behind Act authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states. The law is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under the 2002 law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school.
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This act made it so that all school lunches had to have fruits and vegetables. Also people of poverty or low income got a free or reduced rate on their lunches.
https://www.fns.usda.gov/pressrelease/002312
