EDUCATION HISTORY BY EMILY WILLIAMS

Brown Vs. Board of Education Rehabilitation Act; Section 504 1973:

1959: Guarantees certain rights to
Elementary and Secondary
Court declared state people with disabilities. ex. excluded from
Education Act 1965:
laws establishing separate participation, denied benefits,
Act allocated funds based
public schools subjected to discrimination of programs
on number of poor
for black and white students to and activities.
children in the district
be unconstitutional - Intended to help those with
- Intended to help poor students
- Intended to help black - disabilities.
students

Title IX 1975:
No person in the United States
shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded
Equal Education Opportunity 1974: from participation in, be denied benefits of, or
Prohibits discrimination and be subjected to discrimination under any education
requires school districts to take program or activity receiving Federal
action in overcoming barriers financial assistance
to students’ equal participation
- Intended to help minorities
 Public Law 94-142 1977:
“Bill of Rights” for students with
disabilities. FAPE, LRE, IEP, Procedural Due
Process.
-Intended to help students with disabilities
Getting Connected 2003:
All US schools have access to the Internet
- This helped faculty, students
- administration, parents..
IDEA 1990:
Ensures students with a disability
are provided with free appropriate public
education tailored to their needs.
- Intended to help students with disabilities
No Child Left Behind Act 2001:
The act requires states to develop assessments
in basic schools
- Intended to help disadvantaged students
Common Core Standards: 2010
Details what K-12 students throughout
the US should know in English Language
arts and mathematics at the
conclusion of each grade.
- -Intended to help academically
- at risk kids