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The National Education Association was founded by 43 educators in 1857 in Philadelphia. It focused on raising teacher salaries, Native American education, and education for emancipated slaves. -
Across the late 19th century and 20th century there were more than 526 government funded, and typically church-run boarding schools for Native American children. -
Nearly 75% of teachers in America were women, but men had nearly every administration position. This led many women to rebel against this standard as they also had no freedom on how they wanted to teach or run their classrooms. -
This was a court case in Louisiana that created equal, yet speparate facilities for white and colored people. -
The number of children enrolled in high school had plummeted from 71% to only 19% while graduation rates went from 50% to 9%. -
This court case declared Plessy v. Ferguson case ruling of separate, but equal facilities as unconstitutional. -
After "Sputnik," an orbiting satellite was sent to space, the government realized they needed more help with the technical help, so they worked to lower student loan amounts, leading to more people attending college. -
This was a movement to hold students accountable through standardized testing and benchmarks. It also held administrators accountable. -
This scaled up the federal role in holding schools responsible for every child completing standardized testing. -
The global pandemic set many children behind in their learning because of the shutdown and school closures. It also caused a setback for their emotional and social development because they were unable to be around other children.