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The first school in Boston, MA opens it's doors.
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A law passed in Massachusetts requires towns with fifty or more families to hire a teacher, and towns with a hundred or more families to build a grammar school
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James Pillans discovers the use of chalk on a blackboard.
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The National Teachers Association was created to give educators a united front.
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Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded Hull House in Chicago. Here is where educational programs were created, cared for neglected babies, started and offered Kindergarten and supported laws ending child labor.
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The Pledge of Allegiance was first used in a public school.
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All states have laws requiring it is mandatory schooling for children to go to school through elementary.
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Supreme Court ruled that children can attend a private school instead of a public school.
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National School Lunch Act expands access to school lunch for everyone. Low income families qualified for reduced or free lunches.
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Separate is not equal. Supreme Court outlaws segregation.
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This law prohibits discrimination based on sex. Equal treatment and opportunity for girls in school athletics.
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Expands the rights to students who have limited English skills to receive an education.
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President George W. Bush signed this into law. It increased the funding for education
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All American schools have access to the internet
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State virtual schools exist in twenty-five states by the beginning of the 2013–14 school year
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50 Facts and Events in U.S. Education History:
https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/
Moments that Changed Public Education:
http://www.collinsblaha.com/pdfs/education-reform/Timeline-Moments-that-Changed-Public-Education.pdf