Education Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 28 Oct 2017
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Created byCecilia Lakin
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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
laws1821: The first
high school was
established in
Boston1837: Massachusetts
established the first
state board of
education1848: Quincy school,
based on grades, was
established in Boston1918:
Compulsory
education was
required by all
states1965:
Elementary
Secondary
Education
Act (ESEA)
was passed1979: The US
Department of
Education was
established by
President Jimmy
CarterESEA was
reauthorized
as the No
Child Left
Behind Act1693: William and
Mary College
created to educate
Native Americans1855: Massachusetts
outlaws segregation
in schools1896: Plessy Vs
Ferguson, Supreme
Court finds
"separate
but equal" to be
constitutional1940: Alston
Vs School
Board
of Norfolk,
Federal
requires
equal pay for
African
American
and white
teachers1954: Brown Vs
Board of Education,
Supreme Court
makes segregation
in school
unconstitutional1974: Lau Vs
Nichols, Supreme
Court decides
language programs
are necessary for students
who do not understand English2003: Lynn Vs
Comfort, Federal
district court
affirms
value of diversity
and race-
conscious
student
assignment
plans
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