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The child study movement, inspired by Darwin’s theory of evolution, began in the United States in the early 1880s. The movement attracted and was supported by the work of such luminaries as G. Stanley Hall, John Dewey, Arnold Gesell, and John Watson, as well as a housewife by the name of Cora Bussey Hillis. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools were otherwise equal in quality. movement and showed how separate but equal no longer made sense in America. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-iak&pp=ygUiQnJvd24gdi4gQm9hcmQgb2YgRWR1Y2F0aW9uICgxOTU0KQ%3D%3D)
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The Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) challenges states and school districts to increase efforts to improve student academic achievement. Its accountability provisions focus attention on low-performing groups of students, intending to close the achievement gap.
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During the early 1970s, two cases were catalysts for change: Pennsylvania Assn. for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (PARC) and Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia. PARC dealt with the exclusion of children with mental retardation from public schools. In the subsequent settlement, it was agreed that educational placement decisions must include a process of parental participation and a means to resolve disputes. -
After PARC and Mills, Congress launched an investigation into the status of children with disabilities and found that millions of children were not receiving an appropriate education Yet, the most recent statistics provided by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped estimated that of the more than 8 million children with handicapping conditions requiring special education and related services
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The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities by federal agencies, federal contractors, or programs receiving federal funds.
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records and gives students and parents certain rights to access and amend them. -
In 1975, the United States voted to ensure that all children, regardless of their differences, should have access to free public-school education. This law was called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
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guarantees that all students with disabilities have the right to a public education in the least restrictive environment (LRE) that best meets their individual needs..
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The McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987is a United States federal law that provides federal money for homeless shelter programs. It was the first significant federal legislative response to homelessness and was passed by the 100th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagann July 22, 1987.
