Special Education Timeline

  • 1954 (NDEA) National Defense Education Act

    Gave funding to the United States for educational Institutions.
  • Brown V. Board Of Education

    Unconstitutional to segregate children by race.
  • (ESEA) Elementary & Secondary Education Act

    Funds for professional development, materials for instruction, resources that will support children, educational program and parent involvement. (ESEA) was to address educational inequality,
  • Elementary & Secondary Amendments of 1965

    authorized grants to state institutions and state operated schools devoted for the education of children with disabilities.
  • Bilingual Eduactional Act

    The Elementary and Secondary Act was the piece of U.S legislation regarding minority language speakers. This act offered aid to local school districts to help children with limited English speaking ability.
  • Mills v. Board of Education & PARC v. Pennsylvania

    Court say children with disabilities have equal right to access education.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    It ensured that all handicapped children had free education designed to meet their special needs.
  • Education Ammendments of 1978

    Comprehensive basic skills programs aimed at improving student achievements.
  • Armstrong v. Kline

    ESY is available to children with disabilities
    Parents of students noticed their children in special education began to regress during summer break
  • Public Law

    Traumatic brain injury and autism were added as new disability categories.
  • IDEA reauthorization

    now includes students with disabilities on assessments. Teachers now include IEP team
  • No child left behind

    Students be proficient in reading and math
    4 principles: accountability for results, more choice for parents, local control and flexibility, what works based on research.
  • Congress amended IDEA

    early intervention for students, greater accountability and improved educational outcomes and raised the standards for instructors who teach special education.
  • Blueprint for revising ESEA

    Obama administration released the blueprint, it challenges the nation to embrace education standards that would put America on a path to global leadership. Have Academic Standards for students to succeed in college and the workplace.