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2001
U.S. Supreme school court rules that the districts policy of allowing student led prayer prior to football games violates clause of the 1st amendment. -
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Educational History
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No Child Left Behind
Mandates high stakes testing, increase in school accountability, schools recieve penalties when they don't make yearly progress. -
Middle Class
Economic groups widen and a decrase in the middle class is seen. -
Technology
Technology enables forms of communication and elaboration. Technology has also shifted the role of the teacher as more of a guide on the side. -
Evolution vs. Intelligent Design
In Pennsylvannia there was a case (Kitzmiller vs. Doe) that had declared teaching an alternative to evolution is a violation of the first amendment. -
Signs of a new trend
School shootings are starting to become a trend. -
Quest to Learn
Quest to Learn is the 1st school to teach primarily through game based learning opened in September in New York city. -
Still Behind
Achievement of USA teenagers continues to lag behind that of their counterparts in other developed countries. -
Drop Out Rate
Drop out rate reached an all time low. -
Minority students become the majprity
A demographic milestone reached the students in k-12 public schools, minority students outnumbered Caucasion students. -
Obama
Obama joined the "too much testing movement". States were also given more control in judging school quality.