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The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.
The executive order aims to challenge the interpretation of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ending birthright citizenship in the United States for children of undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants temporarily present in the U.S., such as on a student, work, or tourist visa.
This is a list of acts enacted by the United States Congress pertaining to education in the United States. Many laws related to education are codified under Title 20 of the United States Code. This list does not include resolutions designating a specific day, week, or month in honor of an educational goal.
One of the most comprehensive laws in the history of education in the United States, this Act brought together several pieces of state [clarification needed] and federal legislation, making free, appropriate education available to all eligible students with a disability. [219]
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
Latino Education in the United States: A Narrated History from 1513-2000 (2004) Ringenberg, William C. The Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America. Eerdmans for Christian U. Pr., 1984. 257 pp. Rosovsky, Nitza. The Jewish Experience at Harvard and Radcliffe. Harvard U. Press, 1986. 108 pp.
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The Department of Education serves as the primary government organization responsible for enacting federal education policy in the United States. American education policy first emerged when the Congress of the Confederation oversaw the establishment of schools in American territories, and the government's role in shaping education policy ...