Education and Politics

1789 Pennsylvania State Constitution calls for free public education for poor families, wealthy families still expected to pay.

2010 Establishment of Common Core Standards. The goals of the standards were to prepare students for work or college.

1968 Congress Passes the bilingual Education Act providing the first funding to encourage schools to incorporate native language in their curriculum

1892 Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance and presented it at the meeting of the National Education Association.

1982 Board of Island Free School District vs. Steven A. Pico involved using a political agenda to remove school books from the library. Gave school boards to remove books from the library

1969 Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District is the landmark case granting free speech rights to students.

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