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Education during the 17th and 18th Centuries
During this time, schools were usually one room and focused primarily on educating males. Females were allowed to learn more as the centuries went by.
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The Old Deluder Act
As strange as it sounded, The Old Deluder Act was passed to ensure the education of the Bible and other common subjects was promoted. One teacher would be assigned to 50 households, while over 100 households would have a school where students would be prepared for university.
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The New England Primer
The New England Primer was published in 1688 and was a fundamental part of many Puritan and colonial school during the 18th and most of the 19th century.
(https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-New-England-Primer) -
Common School Movement
Horace Mann began the Common School Movement. During the 1830s it became the ideal of education in America, providing teaching to all children
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Public schools, according to the verdict, were allowed to be "separate but equal", allowing segregation to occur.(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson) -
Progressive Education Association
The Progressive Education Association (PEA) was founded by Eugene Randolph Smith. The PEA helped forward an agenda to progress education for years to come.
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Indian Boarding Schools
A low point in American education history, Indian boarding schools were created to assimilate Native Americans to American culture. In 1928, the Meriam Report was released and many saw how the schooling was inadequate.
(https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2016/06/sad-legacy-american-indian-boarding-schools-minnesota-and-us/) -
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
In Brown v Board of Education, segregation in schools was declared unconstitutional. This case aided the momentum of the Civil Rights Movement.
(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka) -
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine first start attempting to go to school. This is met with mob violence.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjwU-z255r0) -
Georgia PreK Program
The first free PreK program begins in Georgia and is funded by the state lottery.
(https://www.fcd-us.org/universal-prekindergarten-in-georgia-a-case-study-of-georgias-lottery-funded-pre-k-program/) -
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is passed, providing high academic standards to schools across America.
(https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=rn)
