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Massachusets School Law of 1642 stated that an education in reading and writing was required for children.
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An early form of private elementary school in English- speaking countries. These schools were usually taught by women.
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Most americans were educated enough to read the Bible, the newspaper, and figure their taxes.
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Jefferson drafted a proposal to guarantee three years of public school for all children as well as an advanced education for a select few.
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Noah Webster, who has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education," founded the Blueback Speller with the purpose of instructing students about the United States and its inhabitants.
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Mann was the first to serve as State Secretary on the Board of Education in Massachusetts. He traveled across the country on horseback to inspect the various school districts. He visited over 1,000 schools during the course of six years and said that the "Common School" should know no distinction between the rich and the poor.
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Bishop Hughes instigated and fought many battles to prevent Catholic students from being indoctrinated with the beliefs of Protestantism. He was responsible for establishing private Catholic schools.
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The riots were a result of rising anti-Catholic sentiment amongst the rapidly growing population of the Irish Catholic immigrants.
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Benjamin Roberts, an African American, sues the city of Boston for not having allowed his daughter enrollment into a school where the poplulation was white. Judge Shaw rules against Roberts.
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Now archbishop of New York, Hughes has the authority to establish private Catholic schools as an alternative form of education.
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This happened in the state of Massachusetts.
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At this point in time, 4 million slaves were now free to become literate.
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Beecher made teaching a respectable profession for middle class women. She endeavoured to establish literature, standards of behavior, and national ideals within the school system.
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Dewey believed school should be anchored in the whole child: that is the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of the child.
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The day after the arrival of one ship from Europe, 125 children applied to a New York school.
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William Wert becomes the superintendent of schools in Gary, Indiana and implements a new curriculum based upon a work-study-play system.
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At this point in time, educators from 200 American cities are adopting the Gary Plan.
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This political race was won by a landslide resulting in the termination of the Gary Plan in all schools where it had been established.
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This movement dominated its focus on the mental aptitude of the student rather than academic achievement.
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Bestor, who was against the progressive movement, led a campaign for return back to basic academic subjects.
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Supreme Court rules against segregation.
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President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce the law.
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Russians beat the Americans to space. This left the country wondering how it had happened and resulted in a heavy concentration in the maths and sciences.
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A federal law which banned discrimination on basis of race or ethnicity in all federally funded programs, most notably public schools.
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This was passed under President Johnson as part of his "War on Poverty." During the couse of 4 years, 4 billion dollars were given to the aid of disadvantaged students.
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87% of Chrystal City High School was Mexican-American while 75% of the faculty was anglo-American. After much controversy, 3/4 of the Chicano students go on strike.
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Closely modeled after the Civil Rights movement and prohibited federal grants to schools or programs that discriminated on the base of gender.
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She tried to apply for the boys 8th grade basketball team but couldn't get in.
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Schools are asked to compete in a business driven world.
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Baltimore City hired this private company to mangage 9 of its pulic schools for the purpose of running schools efficiently, boosting test scores, and still making a profit.
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Vouchers are wanted for religious schools but the Supreme Court rules against it in the defense of the founding laws of the country which separate the church and state.
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