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High School Curriculum
Standardized high school curriculum was formed by the National Education Association to establish a standard secondary curriculum. The committee of ten, recommended a curriculum that was college oriented, which laid the foundation too high schools today. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The United States Supreme Court passes the case, Brown v. Board of Education, which makes segregated schools illegal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jSu8_oeCQU -
The National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
Public law 84-911 Provided funding to United States education institutions. -
Bilingual Education Act
Public Law 90-247 The first piece of United States federal legislation regarding minority language speakers. The act offered federal aid to local school districts to help them address the needs of students with limited English speaking ability. It gave school districts the opportunity to provide bilingual education programs without violating segregation laws. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-wUAQuc2Y -
Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1984
Public Law 98-199 Added the Architectural barrier amendment and clarified participation of handicapped children in private schools. It also reauthorized the discretionary programs, established services to facilitate school to work transition through research and demonstration projects; established parent training and information centers; and provided funding for demonstration projects and research in early intervention and early childhood special education. -
The Child Development and Education Act of 1989
Public Law 101-239 Let appropriations to expand Head Start Programs and programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. -
Charter School Expansion Act
Public Law 105-278 Amended the Charted School Program https://www.publiccharters.org/our-work/federal-policy/charter-schools-program -
The Higher Education Act
The Higher Education Act is reauthorized. Helps Students who come from a low or middle income background attend a higher education institution. -
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
One of the goals of this act was it secure the jobs of teachers and improve the schools in the United States. 97.4 billion dollars was used in this act. -
Department of Education
The DOE is ordered to forgive student loan debt of about 15,000 students who attended for-profit schools that are no longer running.