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This book was published and John Dewey became known as "The Father of Progressive Education
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50% of school aged children attended school fo only an average of 5 years, with only a 6% graduation rate
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In place to increase manufacturing for corporations, put into action in 30 NY schools by the Mayor and was immediately attacked as a plot to turn out cheap labor
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won the 1917 Mayor elections and cancelled the Gary Plan
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35 states destroyed German education books to promote a plan for English only instruction
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17% of 17 year olds graduate from high school and IQ tests are put into place to spot future leaders
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2/3 of Italian children leave school before 8th grade
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child labor banned, students were required to be in school until at least age 16
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51% of students graduate high school, 40% go to college
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only 13.7% of African Americans receive diplomas, only 0.095% of women receive a medical or law degree, average school attendance is only 9 years, 3/5 children graduate from high school with 50% attending college
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African Americans were segregated in 17 states, average schooling for Mexican Americans was only 5.4 years, 72% of disabled students were not in school
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passed for fully integrated schools
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98% of black students still in all black schools in the South
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federal law that bans discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity in all federally funded programs
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85% of students plan to go to college
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75% of Mexican Americans drop out before 8th grade
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91% of southern children attend integrated schools
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prohibits discrimination based on gender
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$68 million granted to bilingual programs in school plus public teaching materials in over 40 languages
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by Women's Equity Action League, charged government with failure to enforce Title IX
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51.4% of African Americans earn a high school diploma, 30% of women receive degrees in medical and law fields, school attendance has risen to 12.5 years
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Almost 100% of school aged children attend school in a business driven world
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high graduation requirements were put into place in 35 states, with an annual cost of standardized testing reaching $500 million
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Over 200 deaths resulting from school shootings
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homeschooling became legal in all 50 states
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2.5% of children were home schooled, 173 charter schools ran by for-profit companies, 2100 total charge schools available, over 90,000 public schools
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47.8 million children were enrolled in the 2001-2002 public schools reaching almost 90%