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It is the first boarding school of this kind to open in attempt to wrongly assimilate Native Americans into white American culture. Here is a page about the past, present, and future of this project.
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Here is a video describing what school was like during these tough times. https://www.stlouisfed.org/the-great-depression/curriculum/interviews-barrett-5
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This case allowed for the first desegregation of Mexican Americans in "Americanization" schools. Here is a link to read more about it. https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1986/april/lemongrove/ -
The result of this case was the overturning of the Plessy v. Ferguson case. It ruled that separation of schools for blacks and whites was unequal. Here is the documentation from that case. https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/brown-v-board-of-education#:~:text=Brown%20v.%20Board%20of%20Education%20of%20Topeka%2C%20Implementation,schools%20on%20the%20basis%20of%20race%20was%20unconstitutional. -
Project head start was a preschool education program for low income students. It is an anti-poverty summer program that still runs today.
http://www.decal.ga.gov/HeadStart/History.aspx#:~:text=Project%20Head%20Start%2C%20launched%20as%20an%20eight-week%20summer,their%20emotional%2C%20social%2C%20health%2C%20nutritional%2C%20and%20psychological%20needs. -
This prohibits sex discrimination in all schools. Here is the link to the amendments. https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/sex-discrimination/title-ix-education-amendments/index.html -
This act gives the same opportunities and equality to disabled children as all of their peers.
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President Ronald Regan released a report about the need for educational reform in the US. Here is the link to the PDF of that report. https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/130020/a-nation-at-risk-report.pdf -
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Schools all across the country were forced to shut down and move to online classes during the pandemic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWbpUKxTX64
