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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson encouraged this act to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education across the country. Its main purposes were to provide additional resources for vulnerable students, offer new grants to districts serving low-income students, and to provide federal grants for text and library books, (Ed.gov, 2015). Throughout the entirety of this act the federal government increase the amount of recourse provided for the education systems. -
No Child Left Behind Act passes congress
Initially proposed by President Bush on January 23, 2001 and was co-written by George Miller and John Boehner and Senators Ted Kennedy and Jud Gregg. " House of Representatives passed the bill voting 384-45 on May 23, 2001 and the senate passes the bill voting 91-8 on June 14, 2001," (Ballotpedia.org, n.d.). -
No Child Left Behind Act signed by President George W. Bush
This act was created by George W. Bush to improve the academic achievement of disadvantage youth. In its laws in includes preparing training and recruiting high quality teachers and principle and language instruction for limited English and immigrant students, (Congrass.gov, n.d.). The NCLBA included yearly testing, assessment and standards for publics schools and used testing to publish on schools and teachers performance. -
U.S. Seceratry of Education, Margaret Spelling plans to offer states limited flexibility from parts of the law
With educators and law makers across the nations struggling with new federal law extended control into what was once states responsibilities newly appointed Educations Secretary Margaret Spelling is showing her willingness to work with state and local officials on the toughest redirects requirements from the NCLBA. -
U.S. Representative George Miller, unveils the first major comprehensive NCLB reauthorized draft bill
California democratic representative believes that reading and math should be the most important in element of NCLB. his drafts covers the reading first act and would alter accountability and rules include in the first draft of the law. -
Obama administration releases blueprints for revising the law
The Obama administration release the blueprints for reform of the No Child Left Behind Act outlining the differences of the old law and the upcoming changes -
President Barack Obama offers states flexibility form key mandates of the NCLB law
President Obama and his administrations waive some requirements of NCLB act and gives states more freedom to set their own goals. in exchange however this administration is wanting standards for college and career readiness, (McNeil & Klein, 2011). -
U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill to renew the NCLB law
House of republicans passed with no democratic support to reverse the No Child Left Behind law, giving states their own decision on how to educate children. Obama threatens to veto bill and senate democrats crafted their own version that keeps much of the NCLB, (Layton, 2013) -
Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind Act
President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds act into law replacing the NCLBA providing a more flexible approach to state and students testing while giving states the responsibly for their school systems. "The new law tries to preserve the spirit of No Child Left Behind, while fixing what where widely perceived as its one-size-fits-all approach," (Korte, 2015).
