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1817 The First Special Education School in The U.S
On April15th 1817 the first American school for the deaf opened in Hartford, Connecticut. This school was private and had athletic programs including soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, track and field. I chose this historical event because this school opened up so many opportunities for those who were deaf that were never available before. This gave those students hope and truly starts the history of special education. This school is still around today! -
1840 Rhode island
Rhode Island passes a law mandating that the government must provide and all children must receive an education -
Schools for the deaf and blind are established
The school for the deaf and the school for the blind are established to provide hearing and visual impaired students with a suitable education. -
Brown Vs Board of Education
Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the first right-to-education suit in the country, to overturn that Pennsylvania law and secure a quality education for all children. - See more at: http://www.pilcop.org/pennsylvania-association-for-retarded-citizens-parc-v-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania/#sthash.hbUtretc.dpuf -
MILLS V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MILLS V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIARulled that children who had disabilities were not to be denied admission, suspended, expelled, reassigned or transferred from regular public school classes without due process of law. A census of all children in the District of Columbia was to be completed to discover any children who were not attending public school.Each child was to have a periodic educational review. -
The Education For All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142)
In 1975, Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), Public Law (P.L.) 94-142 was passed. It has since been reauthorized in 1997 & 2004, and together with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), renamed the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act of 2001 have dramatically raised expectations and accountability surrounding the education of children with disabilities. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Collect This Article By A. Driscoll|N.G. Nagel — Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Updated on Jul 20, 2010
In 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) replaced the Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 94-142 and P.L. 99-457). IDEA (P.L. 105-17) states that children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education and that each child's education will be planned and monitored with an individualized education program or an individualized family service p -
The No Child left Behind Act
NCLBsignificantly increased the federal role in holding schools responsible for the academic progress of all students. And The law put a special focus on ensuring that states and schools boost the performance of certain groups of students, such as English-language learners, students in special education, and poor and minority children, whose achievement, on average, trails their peers. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of
IDEA The act was to bring IDEA of 1997 into alignment with No Child Left Behind Act.
