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History of Education

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  • General court of Massachusetts Bay Colony decrees that towns of 50 people must provide access to an elementary school. Towns of 100 must provide access to a Latin school.

    General court of Massachusetts Bay Colony decrees that towns of 50 people must provide access to an elementary school. Towns of 100 must provide access to a Latin school.

  • Thomas Jefferson proposes two-track system for education; one for laborers and one for the educated

    Thomas Jefferson proposes two-track system for education; one for laborers and one for the educated

  • Pennsylvania State Constitution calls for free public education for the poor. Wealthy citizens are required to pay for their children's education

    Pennsylvania State Constitution calls for free public education for the poor. Wealthy citizens are required to pay for their children's education

  • New York Public School Society formed. Education follows a model whereby one Master teacher teaches rote lessons to the older students who, in turn, teach the same lessons to the younger students

    New York Public School Society formed. Education follows a model whereby one Master teacher teaches rote lessons to the older students who, in turn, teach the same lessons to the younger students

  • First public high school opens in Boston

    First public high school opens in Boston

  • 1820-1860 - The Industrial revolution fuels the need for a docile & obedient workforce. Companies look to public education to fill their needs

    1820-1860 - The Industrial revolution fuels the need for a docile & obedient workforce. Companies look to public education to fill their needs

  • Plessy v. Ferguson allows for racial segregation in Louisiana public schools

    Plessy v. Ferguson allows for racial segregation in Louisiana public schools

  • US Supreme Court requires CA to provide public education to the children of Chinese immigrants

    US Supreme Court requires CA to provide public education to the children of Chinese immigrants

  • Smith-Hughs Act implements federal funding for vocational education

    Smith-Hughs Act implements federal funding for vocational education

  • 1930 - 1950 - NAACP files suit over unequal teacher pay in the Southern states. Southern states realize they are losing African-American labor to Nothern cities

    1930 - 1950 - NAACP files suit over unequal teacher pay in the Southern states. Southern states realize they are losing African-American labor to Nothern cities

  • Brown v. the Board of Education states that segregated schools are inherently unequal

    Brown v. the Board of Education states that segregated schools are inherently unequal

    Segregated schools are unequsl
  • A federal court orders integration of Little Rock, Arkansas public schools. Governor Orval Faubus sends his National Guard to physically prevent nine African American students from enrolling at all-white Central High School

    A federal court orders integration of Little Rock, Arkansas public schools. Governor Orval Faubus sends his National Guard to physically prevent nine African American students from enrolling at all-white Central High School

  • Milliken v. Bradley. A Supreme Court made up of Richard Nixon's appointees rules that schools may not be desegregated across school districts

    Milliken v. Bradley. A Supreme Court made up of Richard Nixon's appointees rules that schools may not be desegregated across school districts

  • Proposition 187 makes it illegal in CA for illegal immigrants to attend public schools. Federal courts find it unconstitutional

    Proposition 187 makes it illegal in CA for illegal immigrants to attend public schools. Federal courts find it unconstitutional

  • Prop 209 passes making affirmative action illegal in CA

    Prop 209 passes making affirmative action illegal in CA

  • NCLB signed into law

    NCLB signed into law

  • Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education. US Supreme Court rules that race cannot be a determining factor in assigning students to high school

    Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education. US Supreme Court rules that race cannot be a determining factor in assigning students to high school

    Vote was 5-4

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