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This landmark court case ruled that it was unconstitutional for schools to segregate children based on their race. This case leads to parents of children with disabilities filing lawsuits against schools. They said that if schools could not discriminate based on race, they should not be able to discriminate based on disability either.
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ESEA was signed into law as a means to address the unequal quality of education between privileged and underprivileged students. The act also created a grant that gave money to schools for them to initiate, improve, and expand their education for disabled students. -
This case was brought about because the board of education in the District of Columbia would frequently deny disabled students education. This was done by suspending, expelling, or transferring these students with little to no basis. The court ruled in favor of Mills and decided that it was unlawful for disabled children to be denied access to public education through these means. -
This law requires states who accept money from the federal government to provide equal access to public school education for disabled children. In addition, these students were also provided one free meal per day. It also set the precedent that students should be allowed to learn in the Least Restrictive Environment and started the Individualized Education Plan program.
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This act prohibited the discrimination of disabled people within the workforce and elsewhere. The act affords disabled people equal opportunity through accommodations, services, employment, transportation, and more.
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The IDEA is a revised and expanded version of the EHA. The IDEA provides additional benefits such as student confidentiality, social work, rehabilitation, and due process. Transitional programs were also added for students starting at age 16 to prepare them for independent living.
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In 1996 the first Pokemon products were released, a pair of video games called Red and Green. These games captured the hearts and minds of children and adults worldwide, spawning a franchise that would release books, tv shows, movies, playing cards, merchandise, and so much more.
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In 2001 George W Bush announced the start of a war in Afghanistan. The intent of this was to hunt down Osama Bin Laden and to diminish Al Qaeda. After 20 years the war has now ended.
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In the wake of 9/11, Gerard Way was deeply hurt and moved. This inspired him to form the punk band My Chemical Romance to encourage and support all those hurt by the event. The band eventually broke up in 2013 and reformed in 2020.
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With reports showing that the US was falling behind educationally, NCLB was signed into law with measures to help struggling students. Some of these measures focused on students, such as early intervention reading programs, and school choice. Other measures focused on the system itself, like raising teacher qualification standards and increasing school accountability.
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Naruto is a hit manga and anime worldwide. The story follows a young ninja on his journey to bring peace to the land and gain the respect of his village. The anime ran from 2002 to 2017
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The IDEA has undergone a few revisions with the latest being in 2004. This latest version of the law places a higher emphasis on school accountability and raising special education teacher standards. IT also states that schools funding may be shifted if it is found out that a disproportionate amount of students who are in the special education program have been placed there for reasons unrelated to disabilites. -
In 2015 the supreme court struck down all state bans on same-sex marriage, legalized it in all 50 states, and required states to honor out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses. The name of this case was Obergefell V Hodges.
