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Education Timeline
Created by
Cecilia Lakin
⟶ Updated 28 Oct 2017 ⟶
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Massachusetts's Old Deluder Satan Law required the establishment of schools and the collection of taxes for schools.
The Land Ordinance of 1785: Newly formed states must address educations a component of its founding laws
1821: The first high school was established in Boston
1837: Massachusetts established the first state board of education
1848: Quincy school, based on grades, was established in Boston
1918: Compulsory education was required by all states
1965: Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed
1979: The US Department of Education was established by President Jimmy Carter
ESEA was reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act
1693: William and Mary College created to educate Native Americans
1855: Massachusetts outlaws segregation in schools
1896: Plessy Vs Ferguson, Supreme Court finds "separate but equal" to be constitutional
1940: Alston Vs School Board of Norfolk, Federal requires equal pay for African American and white teachers
1954: Brown Vs Board of Education, Supreme Court makes segregation in school unconstitutional
1974: Lau Vs Nichols, Supreme Court decides language programs are necessary for students who do not understand English
2003: Lynn Vs Comfort, Federal district court affirms value of diversity and race- conscious student assignment plans