EDUCATION HISTORY by

Dallman Anahi

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May 17,1954

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled
unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was
unconstitutional (Separated but equal)
• One year later supreme court that desegregation proceed with "all deliberate
speed"
• African American students

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September 2, 1958

• National Defense Education Act

• An Act to strengthen the national defense and to encourage
and assist in the expansion and improvement of educational
programs to meet critical national needs and for other purposes
• All students

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April 9, 1965

• Title I
• They can be used to improve curriculum and program,
instructional activities, counseling, parental involvement,
increase staff, etc. The funding has one goal and that is to assist
schools in meeting the educational goals of low-income
students
• All students

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April 9, 1965

• The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

• ESEA not only called for equal access to education for all
students, but also federal funding for both primary and
secondary education for students disadvantaged by poverty.
• All disadvantaged by poverty students

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December 17, 1971

• Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia

• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia students classified
as “exceptional” – including those with mental and learning
disabilities and behavioral issues.
• This ruling made it unlawful for the D.C. Board of Education to
deny these individuals access to publicly funded educational
opportunities
• All students

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June 23, 1972

• Title IX
• Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded
education program or activity.
• No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any education program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
• Females students

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November 29,1975

• (Public Law 94-142)

• Public Law 94-142 guaranteed a free, appropriate public education to each child with a
disability in every state and locality across the country.

• "to assure that all children with disabilities have available to them…a free appropriate public
education which emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their
unique needs" "to assure that the rights of children with disabilities and their parents…are
protected" "to assist States and localities to provide for the education of all children with
disabilities" "to assess and assure the effectiveness of efforts to educate all children with
disabilities"
• All handicapped students

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October 8, 1976

• The Education for All Handicapped Children Act ( Public Law 99-457)
• The majority of children with disabilities are now being
educated in their neighborhood schools in regular classrooms
with their non-disabled peers.
• High school graduation rates and employment rates among
youth with disabilities have increased dramatically.
• Today, post-school employment rates for youth served under
IDEA are twice those of older adults with similar disabilities who
did not have the benefit of IDEA.
• Post-secondary enrollments among individuals with disabilities
receiving IDEA services have also sharply increased.

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April1983

• "A Nation at Risk"

• The report's narrative of failing schools students being out-
competed internationally and declining educational standards
persists, and has become an entrenched part of the debate over
education in the U.S.
• The Nation at Risk report suggested that states adopt new,
rigorous standards that required students to meet higher-level
requirements to graduate.
• All students

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2009

• The Common Core standards

• The Common Core standards were developed in 2009 and

released in 2010. Within a matter of months, they had been
endorsed by 45 states and the District of Columbia. At present,
publishers are aligning their materials with the Common Core,
technology companies are creating software and curriculum
aligned with the Common Core, and two federally-funded
consortia have created online tests of the Common Core.

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