The Land Of Ordinant Of 1787

Education is something everyone goes through to some extent, no matter where you live or what you make, but further investing in it could be a challenge. From 2003-2013, college costs have skyrocketed by 79%, while inflation was up only 27%. However, since the start of our nation, education was thought to be a fundamental part of our society for the welfare and protection of the general public. The Land of Ordinances of 1785 was when Congress did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation of the population of the United States, while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was an act implementing the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which it can become states. Before the Constitution was written, both of these …show more content…
Later, in 1863 this act broadened by donating more land to sustain a minimum of one college per state with more specifically defined reasons. Now that the funding and basic principle of education was established, the Original Department of Education came to be in 1867. This board surveyed and collected information on the current schooling and in which ways it could improve. About 20 years late the Second Morrill Act was established, giving the Office of Education the authority to running land-grant colleges. A significant event in the history of education is the passing of the GI Bill in 1944, which allowed for a secondary education to the soldiers coming back from war. About 20 years after the that, the Elementary and Secondary Education Bill was implemented allowing for the government to provide federal aid to the impoverished. Finally, in 1702 and 1703, anti-discriminatory laws came into play. One being the Title IX bill prohibiting segregation based on gender and the second one being Sect. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act preventing discrimination based off disabilities in the education