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A preschool education program for low-income families. This is the longest running anti-poverty program in the U.S.
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He helped popularize discovery-based teaching approaches.
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Supreme Court rules the failure to provide English language instruction to Chinese American students is a violation of Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Founded. It is a non-profit membership organization that works to ensure that language-minority students have equal opportunities to learn English and succeed academically.
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enacted to provide services and offset the costs for school districts that have unexpectedly large numbers of immigrant students
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Mandates transition services and adds autism and traumatic brain injury to the eligibility list.
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President Bill Clinton signed the act that increased funding for bilingual and immigrant education; and provisions for public charter schools, drop-out prevention, and educational technology.
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President George W. Bush mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and provides penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress toward meeting the goals of NCLB.
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a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers," is launched. It is expected that many, perhaps most, states will adopt them. Many parents and teachers disagree with this system.
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adopted a policy allowing transgender students to join female sports teams. Minnesota is the 33rd state to have a formal transgender student policy.