What was the Fourteenth Amendment's impact on education?

The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has had an enormous impact on protecting individual rights in public elementary and secondary education. read more

Video: The 14th Amendment's Impact on Education Though the Fourteenth Amendment did not specifically address education, it has been used to foster educational change for many years. In this lesson, we'll look at important cases involving education and the Fourteenth Amendment. read more

Ratified by the states in 1868 shortly after the end of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was enacted with multiple purposes in mind. First, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship and the promise of equality for Black Americans, many of whom were freed slaves. read more

Brown v. Board of Education: Nearly 60 years later, the Supreme Court used the 14th Amendment to give segregation another look. In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, the court decided that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” and thus violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. read more

To understand more about the 14th Amendment, review the accompanying lesson, The 14th Amendment's Impact on Education. This lesson covers the following objectives: Details the 14th Amendment Explores segregation by race in the school system Explains the impact of the amendment on students with disabilities Covers Mills v. Board of Education, Brown v. read more