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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Provided federal funding to states primarily for education programs for diadvantaged students in order to support equity in education -
1983 Report "Reclaiming our Nation at Risk"
Our education system was falling behind compared to the progress of other nations. The Commission recommended "that schools, colleges, and universities adopt more rigorour and measurable standards, and higher expectations, for academic performance... and that 4-year college and universities raise their requirements for admission." -
1994 Improving America's Schools Act and Goals 2000; Educate America Act
It required state academic-content standards and tests. The Goals 2000: Educate America Act provided federal funds to aid states in writing those content standards. -
2002 ESEA Reauthorization: "No Child Left Behind"
It is built on the foundation laid in the 1980s and 1990s by ensuring that states accepting the federal governments targeted investment agree to measure and report on results in terms of standards and accountability. About 10% of public education costs are now funded by the federal government, primarily via NCLB. -
2007 ESEA Fails to be Reauthorized
Continuing resolution past instead, legislation continues "as in" until reauthorized, this continues until present time. Failure of reauthorization leads to actions based on the authority of the Department of Education to make some types of adjustments in legislation without Congressioal approval. -
2009 Raise to the Top Grant Competition
It is a small part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment