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Response to lobbying by the National Teachers Association, later becoming the National Education Association. The department acts as a clearing house of data for educators and policymakers.
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The Supreme Court rules that "separate" education facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal." This was a first-hand look at legally sanctioned racial segregation. -
The Sufferage Movement worked to provide equality between men and women and allowed women to become teachers. -
Reversing Plessy v. Ferguson's ruling that "separate is equal," stating that racial segregation of children in schools violated the Equal Protection Clause and the 14th Amendment. While this decision did not successfully fully desegregate schools, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality. -
Passed in response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik. Act funds higher education loans, vocational teacher training, and many K-12 courses. -
Allowed government to aid schools and college institutions to solve problems related to desegregation. -
Under President Johnson's war on poverty, ESEA started Head Start, gave free lunches to those in need, and made Special Education more of a priority. -
Bars gender discrimination in colleges and universities, now having many other factors protecting student identities. -
This act requires states to provide free public education to disabled students. It also identifies services and resources required by schools to provide for those students' needs. -
Created many federal income tax credits for education. Examples include: college expenses, education facility bonds, and classroom expenses. -
Funding for reading classes as well as stronger attention to classroom sizes in elementary schools. -
George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law making test-based schools accountable to scale across the United States.
