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Bill of Rights: Education Now a State Function
Bill of Rights' 10th Ammendment makes educaiton shift from a function of the federal government to a state function. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Court order granted "equality" in the schools for both black and white Americans, but the children must be kept seperate to their own skin color. -
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The Dewey Schools
Progressive education begins being executed in "Dewey Schools". It continues to be a well regarded form of teaching, for the most part, until World War II changed the view of educators, who realized that they may be falling behind in the educational race of the world. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Overthrowing the decision Plessy v. Ferguson. Schools now had to accommodate to the ruling that separate was NOT equal. -
Sputnik Launched
Criticism falls heavily on "progressive" schools as Americans feel that it had allowed their children to grow "soft", undisciplined, and under-educated. -
Women's Educational Equality Act
Federal funding to schools gives women more opportunities in education in a hope to even out the gap between men's educational opportunities and women's. *I wasn't sure the exact date, only the year, so I just set it in the middle of the year -
2001 No Child Left Behind Act
An act to make sure that no child should be overlooked when it comes to getting an education. Though finance and economy matter may make schooling difficult or many children, this act works to create educational opportunities for all children. The 2001 act, which was set in motion on January 8th, 2002, also added the need for education in technology.
