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Old Deluder Satan Act of 1647
Puritan leaders in Massachusetts and leader colonists in court created schools for communities in colonies with growing populations. This was to ensure children improved in reading, writing, grammar, and continue in religious learning. -
Thomas Jefferson created a two track system
Thomas Jefferson proposed A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge. He created ways for scholarships and secondary schools established so the "brightest students" can attend and improve in their education. Students that were poor couldn't be affected. They were not considered for that education. -
Common School Movement
Horace Mann, a lawyer, became Father of the Common School and committed to establishing common schools so all children had access to universal education. This led to other people, such as James G. Carter to prepare teachers for emerging professions of education in common schools. Horace Mann then became heard of the newly formed Massachusettes State Board of Education. -
Standard Curriculum and Seperating
This is when common schools were evolved into a more equal opportunity of education for all children. Involving Horace Mann, he established grading systems that allowed children grouped together in age groups. This helped create a standard curriculum and a easier track for equal opportunity for education in the United States. -
Native Americans forced to Boarding Schools
Native Americans were sent to boarding schools off their reservations and forced to strip their cultural backgrounds and native tounges. This affected all Native children because this became the starting off losing native traditions and culture. "Kill the Indian, save the man." -
Plessy v. Fergurson
A Supreme Court case that occurred because of a man named Homer Plessy who got arrested for riding an "all-whites" car on a train. He argued that it violated his rights in the 14th amendment. The Court ruled that it was "separate, but equal" and segregation remained legal. This later impacted the Brown v. Board of Education. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Involving Oliver and his daughter Linda Brown. They argued in the Supreme Court that their rights was violated because they were denied admittance to an all-white school even though they were within the school's jurisdiction. Brown claims that segregated schools were violating 14th amendments and were not equal. The Supreme Court favored the Browns and this led to racial segregation to be unconstitutional. This impacted all minority kids because it was the beginning to desegregation. -
Title XI
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which states no person in the U.S. should be excluded from participation in any school programs, based on gender race, religion, etc. This is a federal civil law and was passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. These really impacted female students with an interest in athletic opportunities. This problem solved the discrimination of sex in education programs funded by federal financial aid. -
Lau v. Nicholas
A group of Chinese-American students who hardly spoke English was being denied rights to assistance for English instruction in a California school district. This was taken to Supreme Court and led to the decision to aid bilingual instruction to help non-English speaking students. This impacted a lot of children who didn't speak English and this help create equal opportunity for education for students just like them. -
Education of All Handicapped Children Act
This landmark law was to support states in protecting the rights and meeting the individual needs of children and youth with disabilities & their families. It was later renamed as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990. This helped the improvement of special education and inclusive education of kids with disabilities. This helped resolve the problem of separating and gaps between students with and without disability & provided equal opportunity for education. -
Pyler v. Doe
Taken place in Texas, a group of Mexican students was not admitted in the Tyler Independent School District without documentation of citizenship of the United States, or without paying tuition for immigrants. They took this to court for violating their rights under the 14th amendment. The Supreme Court made a decision that states cannot deny students a free public education on account of their immigration status. This impacted kids who had no control over their status of citizenship. -
Force v. Pierce City R-VI School Distict
This case between Pierce City Junior High School and Nichole Force happened in Missouri. Nichole was looking forward to joining a football team, but it was only all-boys. She asked to join, but the school district denies her request. She claimed this violated her rights in the 14th amendment. The district reconsidered and said there was no justifiable reason preventing her from joining. This impacted the opposite genders and encouraged them to join athletics and receive equal opportunity. -
Franklin v. Gwinnett Country Public Schools
This was a seminal case in 1992 in Georgia. A female sophomore named Franklin was sexually harassed by a male teacher named Hill. This held in court because it was the first case that upheld the award of monetary damages in Title XI. Other faculty knew off the harassment but didn’t take action. The Supreme Court reversed on her behalf. This impacted young girls everywhere in public schools and encouraged to raise their voice and stop harassment from any student, or teacher in school. -
21st Century Begins, New Era
Today's schools are shifting and evolving into a more technology dependence institution. Laptops, tablets, Wi-Fi, computers, etc, are now more demanding in the classroom. This creates a digital learning transformation and opens to engaging outside the classroom using higher technology to bring in world lessons and diversity. This impacts this generation's students because it gives them improved and more diverse education, both quicker and better effective.
