Digital Timeline

By Cadye
  • The “Bill”

    The “Bill”

    The Jefferson Bill that promotes more general diffusion of knowledge
  • The Common School Movement

    The Common School Movement

    A movement that was for a universal school, that used tax supported dollars for a more supported school system.
  • The Morrill Act

    The Morrill Act

    Landmark legislation that provided federal land to states to establish colleges focused on ag and mechanics.
  • The Compulsory Education Law

    The Compulsory Education Law

    Marking that every state has passed a law making school attendance mandatory
  • Brown v. Board

    Brown v. Board

    Supreme Court’s unanimous decision declared segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional
  • The Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    War on Poverty, this law providing significant federal funding to schools with high numbers of low-income children
  • The Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    The Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    A law that mandated that all children with disabilities have access to a free and appropriate public education
  • No Child Left Behind

    No Child Left Behind

    An introduction to standardized testing and a focus on accountability requiring schools to show progress in students test scores
  • The Every Student Succeeds Act

    The Every Student Succeeds Act

    The law replaced giving states more flexibility in how they measure school performance
  • The disband of the Board of Education

    The disband of the Board of Education

    Donald Trump signing a executive order that began the dismantling of the board of education