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1600's -1700's: Women's Education
Middle class girls were taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and skills like sewing by their mothers. Merchant daughter's were taught to run their father's businesses. Otherwise some women were taught to read by their husbands or the parish priest. In England, in the 17th-century, boarding schools were founded in towns. Girls were taught writing, music, and needlework
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1635: Boston Latin School is Founded
First public school and oldest existing school in the U.S./ Established in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a boys only public secondary school and was led by schoolmaster Philemon Pormont, a Puritan Settler. Strictly for college preparation. Taught Latin, Greek and was centered on the Humanities
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1896: Plessy vs. Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court's decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation by making the "separate but equal" doctrine. The world made aware by an incident in 1892 where Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for "only black people"
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1910: Secondary School Movement
Between 1910-1940 secondary schools sprouted across the United States. It raised enrollment of 18 years old to 71% from 19% and graduation rates to more than 50% from 9% in the United States
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1954: Brown vs. Board of Education
At first the justices were divided on how to rule school segregation, Chief justice Fred M. Vinson thought the Plessy Vs. Ferguson verdict was right. Before the Brown vs. Board of Education Fred Vinson died and was replaced with Earl Warren. The decision was issued May 17th, 1954; Warren wrote that " in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' was 'unequal'
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1965: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
This law brought education into the forefront of the national assault on poverty and represented a landmark commitment to equal access to quality education. Extensive statute that funds primary and secondary education, emphasizing high standards and accountability. Was to be carried out for 5 fiscal years; the government had to reauthorize it every 5 years since its enactment
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1990: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, communication and access to state and local government programs and services. The US Department of Education enforces Title ll of ADA, which prohibits discrimination against programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance from the department
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2001: No Child Left Behind Act
The major focus is to close student achievement gaps by providing all children with a fair, equal, significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education. Under the 2002 law, states were required to test students in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in highschool.
https://www.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/grants-grant-management/every-student-succeeds-act-essa-implementation/elementary-and-secondary-education-act-esea/no-child-left-behind-act-2001 -
2021: Education Today
