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The first kindergarten was founded in America by Margarethe Meyer Schurz, she was from Germany. She names her institution Kindergarten meaning "the garden of children ,she characterized the children in his school as plants, and the teachers as the gardeners. Kinder in German means “children” and garten means “garden”, she also belives that children need to be nurtured and nourished "like plants in a garden".
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NAEYC (National Association for the education of young children ) was formed to help with professional preparation, resources, and training for individuals who educate children birth through age eight. Naeyc work with institutions, centers, to set standards for preparing teachers, NAEYC provides guidelines for appropriate teaching strategies, curriculum, and assessments for children in preschool through third grade
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, this marked the history of the United States. It was very important for African Americans because they will receive the same opportunities in education and they will be in the same educational environment as other students.
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The federal ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, the purpose of ESEA was to help poor students to get a better education by funding schools, buying text books, grants, to increase learning.
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Bilingual Education Act . became the first piece of United States federal legislation regarding minority language speakers. Its purpose was to provide the school with federal funds to help educational programs for students with limited English speaking. The act gave the schools the opportunity to provide bilingual education programs without violating segregation laws.
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National Assessment of Educational Progress. is the only assessment that measures what U.S. students know and can do in various subjects across the nation. NAEP has provided important information about how students are performing academically since 1969.
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act , is is a federal privacy law that gives parents certain protections with regard to their children's education records, such as report cards, transcripts, disciplinary records, contact and family information, and class schedules.FERPA protects the access to and sharing of a student's education records. https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/?src=fpco
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act .is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
Infants and toddlers, birth through age 2, with disabilities and their families receive early intervention services under IDEA Part C.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act.became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including SCHOOLS , transportation, jobs .
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. is a federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress. The law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved. And The law was controversial in part because it penalized schools that didn’t show improvement.
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