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Compulsory Education Law
Massachusetts Bay Colony passes the Compulsory Education Law,
requiring parents to teach their children to read. -
Massachusetts Act
Massachusetts Bay Colony enforces law that towns of 100 people must build schools. -
Common Schools
Horace Mann was an advocate for public education and formed common schools -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A landmark constitutional law case of the supreme court. It upheld racial segregation laws within schools. -
Women in Education
Women were being employed for teaching and gaining more success within the workplace. -
Civil Rights Movement
Tension within races and attempts to give everyone opportunities with education. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Outlaws segregation and allows all children to learn and the "separate but equal" law is trash. -
ESEA
Funded primary and secondary education. Helped with poverty and cognitive growth with kids. -
Title 9
Shows no person can be excluded from school based on traits or their sex. -
No Child Left Behind Act
Reauthorization of Secondary Education act. Ensured that every kid has a chance at education.