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Latin Grammar Schools are designed for sons of certain social classes who are destined for leadership positions in church, state, or the courts.
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The first "free school" in Virginia opens. However, education in the Southern colonies is more typically provided at home by parents or tutors.
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The first public school in America was established in Boston.
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The first printing press in the American Colonies is set up at Harvard College.
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Henry Dunster becomes President of Harvard College. He teaches all the courses himself!
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Massachusetts Act was to study the bible and not follow the devil
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The Massachusetts Bay School Law. It requires that parents assure their children know the principles of religion and the capital laws of the commonwealth.
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The old Deluder Satan Act. Children wrote and read they thought it was the best way to stay away from the devil. The students were taught Latin grammar to prepare to go to Harvard.
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The first New England Primer is printed in Boston. It becomes the most widely-used schoolbook in New England.
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The National Education association was founded. The students were taught and were being prepared for life. They were taught mental discipline in the humanities language and science.
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Morrill Land-Grant Act. Provided federal and for states either to sell or to rent in order to raise funds for the establishment of collages of agriculture and mechanical arts. Each state was given a land subsidy of 30,000 acres for each representative and senator in its congressional delegator. Eventually $7.5 million from the state of over 17 million acres was given to land- grant colleges and state universities.
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The Department of Education is created in order to help states establish effective school systems.
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Children didn’t have an option to go to school or stay home they were all forced to attend school and church they all had to speak English.
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Plessy v Ferguson. Separate but equal school systems and segregation was allowed.
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Free Public School
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School lunch for all. Lunch was at a low cost or for free that way students could and have lunch especially the students with families who didn’t have much money.
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The case Brown v Board of Education ended segregation in all American schools.
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Banning prayer. They were not allowed to read the bible and had to limiting praying in school.
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Test results reported to government. Test scores were used to see the kids progress and were reported to the government.
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Title IX Becomes Law. Does not allow discrimination based on sex but legislating equal treatment and opportunity for girls in school sports.
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No child left behind.
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Race to the top. Obamas program ushers in a wave of education reforms as states compete for federal grants in the midst of a recession.