Post War Education By hbrown41 Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Jan 1, 1980 Post War Period Jan 1, 1941 US Enters WWII Jan 1, 1944 Service Readjustment Act (GI Bill) Jan 1, 1945 End WWII and Shift of Tax Revenues to Eduation Jan 1, 1949 Cold War Jan 1, 1950 Beginning of Postwar Period, Korean War Jan 1, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Jan 1, 1957 Desegregation of Little Rock Jan 1, 1958 National Defense Education Act Jan 1, 1960 Zinjanthropus Jan 1, 1961 Supreme Court: Prayer in School Violates the 1st Amendment Jan 1, 1963 Schempp Case Jan 1, 1964 Elementray and Secondary Education Act (Title I, Project Head Start, Title VII) Jan 1, 1964 Civil Rights Act Jan 1, 1965 Higher Education Act Jan 1, 1969 Neil Armstrong Lands on the Moon Jan 1, 1970 Title X Jan 1, 1972 Title IX