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Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke published this essay. In this essay it is stated that the human mind is a blank slate. He believed that knowledge is derived from experience. This idea and some of Locke's other ideas about how the human mind learns and works greatly influenced the American Education. -
The Bill of Right is passed
The Bill of Rights did no have specifics about education, but the 10th Amendment states that powers not delegated to federal power "are reserved to the states, respectively, or to the people." This meaning that individual states have the power to decide how to educate their citizens. They can create their own curriculum. -
The G.I. Bill
The G.I. Bill gives veterans the ability to have school paid for. This gives veterans from all make ups the ability to go to school. It helps get rid of the idea of college is only for rich individuals. About 238,000 of those veterans became teachers. This bill put well educated individuals into teaching positions across the nation. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Ruled that it was unconstitutional to have segregation in schools. This eliminated the idea of "separate but equal". This supreme court case was an important event in making schools "The Great Equalizer". The ruling did meet some backlash but ultimately was successful and lead to the public schools that we know today. -
The Education of All Handicapped Children Act
It required a free and appropriate education suited to the student's need. It also provided the least restrictive environment for all handicapped students to learn. This allowed truly all students to get a public education.
