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Public Law 358, the Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966
It provides educational benefits and also home and farm loans as well as employment counseling and placement services for Vietnam veterans. More than 385,000 troops, serve in Vietnam during 1966. From 1965-1975, more than nine million American military personnel are on active military duty, about 3.4 million of whom serve in Southeast Asia. -
The Science of Education
Jean Piaget's book, The Science of Education is published. It helps developed science developing and opularize discovery-based teaching approaches. -
The Rehabilitation Act
Section 504 of this act guarantees civil rights for people with disabilities in the context of federally funded institutions and requires accommodations in schools including participation in programs and activities as well as access to buildings. Today, "504 Plans" are used to provide accommodations for students with disabilities who do not qualify for special education or an IEP. -
U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends on January 27
More than 58,000 U.S. service personnel are killed during the war. The fighting continues until April 30, 1975 when South Vietnam surrenders to the communist North Vietnamese forces. -
Case of Lau v. Nichols
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the failure of the San Francisco School District to provide English language instruction to Chinese-American students with limited English proficiency (LEP) is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Because of the case does not require a specific approach to teaching LEP students, it does require school districts to provide equal opportunities for all students, including those who do not speak English. -
University of Phoenix
Establishes their "online campus,"that makes it becomes the first to offer online bachelor's and master's degrees. It becomes the "largest private university in North America." -
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990
He first comprehensive reform since 1965, is enacted on 29 November and increases annual immigration to 700,000 adding to the diversity of our nation and its schools. Specific aspects of the law provide for family-sponsored visas; employment-based visas for priority workers, skilled workers, and "advanced professionals"; and 55,000 diversity visas "allocated to natives of a country that has sent fewer than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the previous five years." -
Tim Berners-Lee
He is a British engineer and also is a computer scientist called by many the inventor of the internet, writes the first web client-server protocol (Hypertext Translation Protocol or http), which allows two computers to communicate. On August 6, 1991, he puts the first web site on line from a computer at the CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in order to facilitate information sharing among scientists. -
Jim Clark and Mark Andreesan found Mosaic Communications.
The corporation is later renamed Netscape Communications. On December 15th, they release the first commercial web browser, Mozilla 1.0. It is available without cost to individuals and non-profit organizations. By the summer of 1995, more than 80% of internet users are browsing with Netscape! -
President Bill Clinton signs the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 into law
It prohibits states from offering higher education benefit based on residency within a state (in-state tuition) to undocumented immigrants unless the benefit is available to any U.S. citizen or national. This law conflicts, however, with practices and laws in several U.S. states.
