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early conitial education
Cognitive early education,for children between ages 3 and 6 years,is designed to help learners develop and apply logic tools of systematic thinking, perceiving,learning, and problem-solving,usually as supplements to the content-oriented preschool and kindergarten curricula.The roots of early childhood education go as far back as the early 1500s,where the concept of educating children was attributed to Martin Luther(1483-1546). Back then,very few people knew how to read and many were illiterate. -
boys Latin school
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established on April 23, 1635, making it both the oldest public school in British America and the oldest existing school in the United States. The school's admission policies and demographics have been controversial -
Common school movement
The common schools movement was the effort to fund schools in every community with public
dollars, and is thus heralded as the start of systematic public schooling in the United States. -
Boston opens America’s first public high school
The oldest public high school in America is celebrating a big anniversary and an education model that is working.The English High School in Boston has been in session for 200 years. Its history boasts some illustrious alumni and a unique blend of the old and the new. J.P. Morgan, former Lt. Governor Frank Bellotti, and Leonard Nimoy are all English High School graduates. -
Progressive Era
The Progressive Era (1896–1917) was a period in the United States during the early 20th century of widespread social activism and political reform across that country that focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, waste, and inefficiency. -
Brown vs Board of Education case brief
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Civil rights movement
In 1954, the civil rights movement gained momentum when the United States Supreme Court made segregation illegal in public schools in the case of Brown v. Board of Education. -
Engel vs Vitale
Engel v. Vitale,, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment. The ruling has been the subject of intense debate.On November 30, 1951, the Board of Regents of New York approved a nondenominational prayer for their morning procedures. -
Tinker vs Des Moines
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that recognized the First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools. The Tinker test, also known as the "substantial disruption" test, is still used by courts today to determine whether a school's interest to prevent disruption infringes upon students' First Amendment rights. -
Lemon vs Kurtzman
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States. The court ruled in an 8–0 decision that Pennsylvania's Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act (represented through David Kurtzman) from 1968 was unconstitutional and in an 8–1 decision that Rhode Island's 1969 Salary Supplement Act was unconstitutional, violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. -
Quaker established Friends Public School
The educational efforts of early Friends were concentrated in elementary schools. By the end of the 17th century, they had founded a number of schools, which often met in Friends meeting houses. Initially, these were primarily for Friends children. While Friends could not go to university, the first generation of Friends included people who had gone to university before becoming Friends. Some of these became excellent schoolmasters in Friends schools. -
Plyler vs Doe
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202, is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down a Texas statute that denied funding to local school districts for the education of children who were not "legally admitted" into the United States, and which authorized local school districts to deny enrollment to such children. -
New Jersey v. T.L.O. Case
Two girls in Piscataway High School in New Jersey were smoking in the girls’ restroom. They were caught by a teacher, who took the girls to the Assistant Vice Principal. One girl admitted to smoking in response to the Assistant Vice Principal’s questioning. However, the other girl, 14-year-old T.L.O., denied she was smoking, and claimed that she did not smoke at all. -
Board of Education v Rowley ma
is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Amy Rowley was a deaf student, whose school refused to provide a sign language interpreter. Her parents filed suit contending violation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. In a 6–3 decision authored by Justice Rehnquist, the Court held that public schools are not required by law to provide sign language -
United States vs Lopez
United States v. Lopez reaffirmed certain limits on congressional power.There, Alphonso Lopez was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon into his high school. He was charged under the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990,a congressional law that banned people from bringing guns into school zones. Lopez challenged his conviction, arguing that the law exceeded Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause. In a five-to-four decision, the Supreme Court agreed with Lopez and struck down the law. -
No Child left behind act
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; Long title: An act to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind -
Forest Grove School District vs T. A. mcdonald date
After a private specialist diagnosed respondent with learning disabilities, his parents unilaterally removed him from petitioner public school district (School District), enrolled him in a private academy, and requested an administrative hearing on his eligibility for special-education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act . The School District found respondent ineligible for such services and declined to offer him an individualized education program