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In 1964 the Civil Rights Act becomes law. This states that discrimination found on race, color, sex, religion or national origin will be prohibited.
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In 1972 the Indian Education Act was enacted. The law was created to take an in-depth approach to meeting the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students.
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In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed the Refugee Education Assistance Act into law. With the assistance of the Mariel boatlift, thousands of Cuban and some Haitian refugees were immigrated to Florida. This enactment gave educational assistance to both adults and children of Cuban and Haitian refugees.
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In 1995, Georgia become the first state in our nation to offer universal preschool. Any child who was the age of four could attend preschool as long as their parents enrolled them.
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In 1996, the Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, California implemented that Ebonics be recognized and accepted as a native language for its African American students.
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In 1998, California voters passed the English Language in Public Schools Statute, (Prop 227) which stated that all public school instructions be in English.
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In 1999, two high school students who attended Columbine High in Littleton, Colorado killed 15 of their fellow students and teachers.
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In 2013, Seattle high school teachers made headlines as the refused to give district mandated standardize tests. These refusals to use standardizing tests as a way to evaluate teachers, students and school districts are a growing phenomenon know as the grass-roots revolt.
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Sadly, William Glasser passes away at the age of 88 on August 23rd, 2013. Glasser is most well known for his books, (Choice Theory and Schools Without Failure) about teaching, school improvement, counseling and mental health.
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In 2013, a study of the Program for International Student Assessment showed that achievement rates for U.S. adolescences were much less than other teenagers throughout the world.
