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Piaget leads the way for future cognitive psychologists with his research on child developmental psychology. He promotes that children are best motivated by strong intrinsic goals.
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Ruby Bridges was the first african american student attending 1st grade at an all-white school and had to be protected by government personnel due to the amount of discrimination she faced. Still alive today and a huge civil rights figure, she showed great bravery and showed the public that exclusionary institutions must be changed.
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The Supreme Court votes that undocumented children are protected against being denied education and cannot be charged to attend school.
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IDEA and ADA ensured that people with mental or physical disabilities couldn't be denied jobs, opportunities, or education due to discrimination. It required schools to not leave disabled students behind in the classroom, but respond to their needs.
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Changed the way standards and testing were implemented in schools across the United States and still affects the way standards are framed.
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In outrage of the long history of terrible school shootings, students march on Washington D.C. to demand a platform to talk about gun control and student safety in schools. This incites a student walk out the next month to bring attention to the continuing issues with gun control in America.
