Strong advocate for federal funding for education All part of Great Society Elementary and Secondary Education

on Act 1965 first time that large amounts of federal funding went to public schools emphasized equal access to education Distributes funding to schools with a high percentage of low-income families better libraries 12% of the funding went to libraries has been reauthorized approximately every five years since its enactment in 1970 Most recent was the No Child Left Behind Act by President Bush in 2001 Higher Education act of 1965 increased federal funding for universities Perkins Loan Stafford Loan PLUS created new scholarships offered low interest loans for students est National Teachers Corp Also continually reauthorized GPA's have increased from approximately 2.4-2.5 in 1960 to 2.9-3.0 in the mid-1970's and have been increasing ever since shows that the quality of education has been getting better Jobs for public and secondary education school teachers has also risen from about 1400 in 1960 to about 2200 in 1980 and has also been on the rise ever since gives students more individual attention increases job opportunities Since 1970, High School graduation rates have seen a general increase of about 7%, minorities having seen an increase of about 14% Dropout rate for African Americans decreased from 20.5% in 1976 to 13% in 1996 Minority enrollment at college rose by 61% between 1986 and 1996 Sources: http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/library/primary-sources/elementary-and-secondary-education-act1965?library_node=78600 http://www.2.ed.gov/print/about/aboutoffices/list/or/docs/impact.html