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Common Schools
Horace Man proposed to have common schools allowing children to go school for free and receive an education. This link explains more: https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/timeline.html -
Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was established in 1865 by congress to help freed black slaves and poor whites in the South. The Freedmen's Bureau provided food, housing, medical aid, education, and legal services.
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The National Teachers Association
Starting with 43 teachers, the National Teacher Association now represents more than 3 million educators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Sn7jGKPSw -
Women in Teaching 1890-1910
This article explains the journey of women becoming teachers.
https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/timeline.html -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
African American were allowed to go to school but separate from white people.
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-gilded-age/south-after-civil-war/v/plessy-v-ferguson -
Secondary School Movement
This movement helped raise the number from 19% of 15-18 year olds attending high school to 73% attending.
https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/timeline.html -
Civil Rights Movement
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
This movement took place between the 1950s-1960s for blacks to have the same equal rights as whites. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This court case abolished segregation in schools.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act was created by the United States Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with students from low-income families.
https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/elementary-and-secondary-education-act-of-1965/ -
No Child Left Behind Act
This act provides disabled with the resources they need to succeed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0--2nhsDorg
