https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5 Top five historical events revolving around education that impacted the way schooling and the American educational system operates. en-us 2019-04-12 08:25:13 UTC 2025-11-13 20:36:49 UTC hello@padlet.com karina_alfajora https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351074511 Without having this bridge of childhood to adolescence from 6-8 or 7-8 grade, the children do not have the time or opportunity to explore themselves as upcoming adolescents. This environment allows preteens to focus on themselves through having a small age gap with their peers and a time to develop their individual personality as a teenager.This stage in schooling is critical as it emphasizes the growth from childhood to adolescence. Without this bridge, children are not able to emerge as adolescents.

Having this on my top 5 list was very important, I always talk to my peers and my family members that I would not be who I am without the junior high "phase." Many of us always joke about how our junior high years were the "awkward years" or the "weird phases" in our life, but without it- the transition from elementary to high school would not have been as smooth as it should be. Many overlook the idea of junior high as important or significant, but having this bridge to become an adolescent is important in regards to a youth's mental, social, cognitive, emotional, and physical development.]]> 2019-04-12 08:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351074511 karina_alfajora https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351075579 The Supreme Court having upheld this "separate but equal" ruling for African Americans helped create an integrated societal school in which we know today. Without this stepping stone in the beginning of our history, students in schools would probably not have the same opportunities than those students of another race. Even though it was still racial segregation, having given African Americans the opportunity to achieve a higher education opened doors for them and created a platform for racial integration which we see in today's educational system. Having a beginning of a change is "only the beginning," and this platform given to African Americans only helped in regards to abolishing the racial barrier of segregation in today's schools.

I ranked this as my third spot because it is very similar to the Brown versus Board of Topeka case, but this is in which created a beginning that changed the course of history forever. Since African Americans were always seen as the inferior race, giving them an opportunity to get educated was the beginning of integration in schools.]]> 2019-04-12 08:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351075579 karina_alfajora https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351076578 Having this act be enabled was intended to "close the academic achievement gaps between white and Asian American students." This is important in regards to how the educational system now operates is that it keeps the schools accountable for monitoring the student's achievements. The race and ethnicity would be monitored by how well the students do, and since it closed the achievement gap: it gives students equal opportunities no matter what their personal case may be.

I had to rank this last on my top 5 because the other 4 resonated with my personal beliefs a lot more, but I still do believe the No Child Left Behind Act is as important as the other four! Having this closing of the achievement gap is a big deal in the educational system, and giving students an equal opportunity no matter what the case may be is always something that should not be overlooked.]]> 2019-04-12 08:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351076578 karina_alfajora https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351076742 This was really the beginning of racial desegregation as it was deemed as "unconstitutional." This law required white and nonwhite students to integrate and having them separate was illegal. This was another stepping stone further into the idea of racial integration within schools, very similar to Plessy versus Ferguson case. If it were not for this case, having the equal educational opportunity would not exist if the schools were continued to be segregated, in which it is now up to the individual as a student to uphold themselves to a standard, not the educational institution.

I ranked this as two because this is a true stepping stone to racial desegregation in schools, and having an integrated population of races is what makes our school diverse and inclusive. Without having this racial desegregation, having the equal educational opportunity for a minority would not be made available to myself! Or my own family!]]> 2019-04-12 08:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351076742 karina_alfajora https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351076792 The common school referred to having provided education for the "average person" where education was not just for the rich anymore, and "normal" people were able to be educated. This was really the beginning of the American educational system, and without this term of the common school, education opportunities for those of middle and lower classes would not be available, and this original idea that education should be for all is really what sparks the American educational system and runs as its backbone.

I chose this as my number one ranking because it really does serve as a backbone to the educational system, without the common school; school would just be available to the rich and wealthy classes. Many of us at CSUF would probably not be in attendance if this was not created!]]> 2019-04-12 08:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/karina_alfajora/2xl9jfjwcbp5/wish/351076792