Regarding public education, in 1922, Oregon became the first state to

A) require students to be instructed only in English.
B) ban private schools.
C) formally segregate its schools.
D) allow women to earn postgraduate degrees.
E) allow students to attend private schools instead.

In 1922, Oregon passed a law that essentially banned private schools, including parochial (religious) schools. This law was later challenged and found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1925 in the case of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, which held that parents have the right to choose private education for their children.