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Mikayla Ewell

February 20th, 2022

EDU 201-1001

Professor Saladino

Education History

Before reading chapter five of our required read for this class, I knew very little of the past

events that happened in education. I always knew that education is the job of many past events

because of how long it has been around. My first event I made my timeline about was the “Brown

v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954”. This event was crucial to stop segregation in schools

and allowed schooling to be equal for everyone. The second event in my timeline is the “National

Defense Education Act of 1958”. This was an act to help others get affordable schooling and to be

able to move on with their schooling up to college. Without federal funding, not many people

would be able to attend college today. The third event that happened in my timeline was the

“Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965”. This was an act to mandate funds authorized

for professional development, instructional materials, and resources to support educational

programs. My fourth event that happened in my timeline wad the “Title IX in 1972”. This

prohibited sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity discrimination in any educational. This was

a very important event in education history because now any gender can attend school and not be

discriminated again.

My fifth event that is in my timeline is the “Education for All Handicapped Children Act

in 1975”. This act was able to provide appropriate educational services for all children of

disabilities between the ages of 3-21 years old. My sixth event in my timeline is “A Nation at risk:

The Imperative for Educational Reform in 1983”. This was a report that was put out to say that
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America’s educational system was failing to educate students well. This was able to put education

in gear and put a standard in America’s education. My seventh event in my timeline is “High

School: A Report on Secondary Education in America in 1983”. This Report talked about how the

department of education had to conduct field studies at 15 public high schools. This attention was

directed at the core subjects taught in high school and made schooling at a better standard. My

eighth event in my timeline is the “National Center for Education Statistics in 2008”. This was

great to be able to put a standard and a goal for education. My ninth event in my timeline is the

“Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) of 2010.” This was a every states effort to make

a single set of understandable and clear-cut educational standards. My tenth event in my timeline

is the “Every Student Succeeds Act in December 2015”. This act was able to hold schools

accountable for how students learn achieve. This also provided equal opportunities for

disadvantaged students. Without these past events in education history, we wouldn’t be able to

have a functioning school system today. These events are like one another because they all were

able to benefit students all around. These made it possible for all genders, no matter what kind of

race to be able to get a great education.

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Works Cited

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"Elementary and Secondary Education Act." Education, 23 Dec. 2019,

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History.com Editors. "Title IX Enacted." HISTORY, 16 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-

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"National Defense Education Act." US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives,

21 Mar. 1867, history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032436195.

"NCES-IES: Digest of Education Statistics, 2008." HEATH Resource Center | The George

Washington University, www.heath.gwu.edu/nces-ies-digest-education-statistics-2008.

"What is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?" Understood - For Learning and Thinking

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"What Was A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform?" Edupedia,

29 Jan. 2019, www.theedadvocate.org/edupedia/content/what-was-a-nation-at-risk-the-

imperative-for-educational-reform/.