https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." -Winston Churchill en-us 2017-11-06 02:26:14 UTC 2017-11-06 02:49:26 UTC hello@padlet.com nemexe https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203719002 Ranked at number 5 we have the public school. Before the advent of public schools there were many private schools and academies. Many people who were lacking in financial resources were not able to afford these public schools, and as a result could not have access to basic education. Boston incepted the first public high school in 1821 setting the way for others to come.]]> 2017-11-06 02:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203719002 nemexe https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203719438 The No Child Left Behind Act was incepted in 2001 during President George W. Bush's tenure in office. Designed to help students who struggled on standardized tests, as well as requiring schools to report the academic performance of students in various racial and ethnic groups, the passage of this act would close the growing gaps between ethnicities and bring everyone on an equal field to achieve. ]]> 2017-11-06 02:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203719438 nemexe https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203720035 At number 3 we have the Common School. Horace Mann, former House of Representative for the state of Massachusetts, made it his sole mission to put education at the forefront of his mission to make America a learned nation. The Common School was designed to provide education to people of ALL backgrounds regardless of socioeconomic status, and color. ]]> 2017-11-06 02:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203720035 nemexe https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203720417 The precursor to the major decision in 1954 Brown v. Board Education, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld the constitutionality of "separate but equal" in regards to African Americans. Originally designed for blacks sitting in railroad cars, it eventually spread into the school system.]]> 2017-11-06 02:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203720417 nemexe https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203720830 In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal facilities were inherently unequal and that laws requiring white and non-white students to go to different schools was illegal. Furthermore, the decision was explained that segregated schools were inherently unequal due to apparent conditions that reside in the schools. ]]> 2017-11-06 02:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nemexe/joggj16ioviu/wish/203720830