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Compulsatory School Attendance Laws
These laws established a minimum and maximum age in which kids were required to attend schools. They provided time periods in which they needed to attend and also provided penalties if they were not met. -
Brown v Board of Education
This paved the way to diversity in schools as it concluded that separate but equal was not constitutional and forced schools to desegregate as quickly as possible. -
National Defense Education Act
This was signed in 1958 to provide funding to education at all levels of institutions. It also was to increase technological advances in the US, examples of this includes DARPA and NASA -
Title IV
Title IV strengthened the resources of universities and one of the things to come out of it was the Pell Grant -
Title IX
Title IX prohibited sexualized discrimination. It is commonly heard involving sports and has revolutionized women's participation in athletics.
