Education History by Giselle Lowe

1954 1958 1964 1965 (E.S.E.A.) 1968

Brown vs Board of National Defense War on Poverty Elementary & Title VII The
Education, Topeka Education Act Initiative Secondary Sch. Act Bilingual Act

Goal: To improve the Goal: To narrow Goal: To meet the

Goal: To provide equal perceived weak U.S. Goal: To assist children the achievement educational needs
access to education education system following disadvantaged by gap between of non-English
regardless of race U.S..S.R.’s launch of Sputnik; poverty typical and poor speaking children
1st space satellite students
Outcome: Supreme Outcome: Govt. Outcome: Federal
Court rejected the prior Outcome: Federal funding of Outcome: Federal aid for development
“separate but equal” sponsorship of sciences, breakfast/lunch, pre- funding on basis of programs for
doctrine math, modern foreign school programs, of % of poor English language
language programs vocational pathways students learners
Beneficiaries: Students
of color officially Beneficiaries: Students Beneficiaries: Students Beneficiaries: Beneficiaries: Low-
allowed access to nationwide received from low-income Students from income students of
‘white’ schools improved instruction in homes low-income “limited English-
sciences, math, languages households speaking ability”
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1975 (P.L. 94-142)
1983 1996 2001 2009
Education for All
“A Nation At Risk” Educational No Child Left Common Core Standards
Handicapped Children
Report Technology Initiative Behind Act Initiative (C.S.S.I.)
Act

Goal: To boost student Goal: To increase

Goal: To ensure the Goal: To improve Goal: To create a uniformity of State
academic
provision of a free, educational standards technological educational standards
performance/growth
appropriate education via curriculum reform infrastructure, via standardized
in the least restricted education, Outcome: 48 states
testing
environment Outcome: Nationwide connectivity for all collaboratively developed
debate and push to students K-12 standards in ELA,
Outcome: Schools
Outcome: Advocate create robust curriculum Mathematics, C.S.S.I
accountable for
‘mainstreaming’, Outcome: Federal released in 2010
students’ “adequate
parental involvement Beneficiaries: U.S. funding provided for yearly progress” (AYP)
in decisions students experienced the advancement of Beneficiaries: By 2013; 45
innovative teaching tech education states formally adopted
Beneficiaries: U.S.
Beneficiaries: initiatives in response to the Standards creating
students; access to
Students with debate Beneficiaries: U.S. national educational
progress
disabilities students benchmarks
documentation