In my thesis I examined the American public school system, later also the influences of school policies on the American public school system. I wanted primarily to figure out, how passed school policies influenced on public school enrollment and on the integration of marginalized groups into public education.
With an analysis of primary and secondary sources I interpreted school policies and figured out consequences of the implementation of these school policies. After I had examined the key school policies with the use of historical method, I compared official statistical data about public school enrollment and about schooling of marginalized groups and tried to conclude, why these results appeared.
We can figure out that in the last years in the USA in the education area there is an emphasis on education of the marginalized groups and ensuring equal access to education. Despite gradual integration of the marginalized groups they wanted to keep the public education attractive for dominant white population.
As the topic is very broad, I stayed focused on the most important school policies and on schooling of the biggest marginalized groups in the USA. Findings, which are written in the thesis, can be a basis for identifying the situation in American public education. Findings can also be used as a starting point for further researches.
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