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American Education
A brief run down of important dates in American Education.
A brief run down of important dates in American Education.
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Textbooks Arrive
1760
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Schools Start using Textbooks.
Standarized Testing
1800
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Schools start using standardized testing to evaluate he education students are receiving.
Louis Braille
1821
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Braille invents Braille system so blind people can receive the same education as other students.
Kindergarten
1856
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United States gets its first kindergarten class.
Booker T. Washington
1881
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Washington changes education for African Americans.
Plessy vs Ferguson
1896
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Supreme Court rules that no law was violated in Louisiana when students of different races were forced to ride separate railroad cars.
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
June 14 1943
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Saluting the flag becomes a Mandatory part of the United States Education System.
Everson vs Board of Education
February 10 1947
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State authorizes schools to make rules and contracts for student transportation.
Brown vs Board of Education
1954
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Supreme Court rules Segregated schools are inherently unequal.
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
1957
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Congress attempts to change the way education effects those with disabilities.
National Defense Education Act
1958
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Government now starts trying to get students into fields where they can become essential members of the government.
TI Calculator
1960
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Texas Instruments makes the first handheld calculator and implements it into the modern world.
Prayer Removed From School
June 25 1962
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Supreme Court bans school prayer.
Title IX
1972
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Schools that receive federal funding must provide equal opportunity to women.
Board of Education vs LaFleur
January 21 1974
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State rules schools can not force teachers to quit because of pregnancy.
Stone vs Graham
November 17 1980
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Court Rules Posting of Ten Commandments violates constitution.
National Environmental Education Act
1990
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Congress makes a new set of standards to educate people on what is going on in our Environment.
Internet
1994
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Internet goes public and changes the way we research.
IDEA
1997
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Congress reforms the disability act and makes it the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments.
Utah Women and Education Initiative
July 2 2012
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Utah attempts to raise number of women with higher education.