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1980s
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Reagan is elected President
Reagan played a huge role in pushing education to reach for the stars. -
Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education
John Holt gives more momentum for educational options. -
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William Bennet Secretary of Education
William Bennet promoted education and kept schools in line. Often he used his 3 C's to push education in a positive direction. -
National Commission on Excellence in Education
Terrel H Bell appointed the National Commission on Excellence in Education to analyse school performance. -
PC Model 5150
Technology assists methods in which students can learn. -
Michael Rutter's Fifteen Thousand Hours
Michael Rutter held a major education study showing the effects of school climate -
Plyler v. Doe
The Supreme Court ruled that Texas public schools cannot deny education to un-documented, school-aged children. -
Mastery Teaching
Madeline C. Hunter's book suggests a teaching curriculum that becomes popular. Teachers would go to workshops and become "Hunterized." -
A Nation at Risk
President Reagan recognizes the need for educational reform and sparks the movement -
Perkins Act
Under the Perkins Act, federal funds are made available to help provide vocational-technical education programs and services to youth and adults. Most of these funds are awarded as grants to state education agencies. These State Basic Grants are allotted to states according to a formula based on states' populations in certain age groups and their per capita income. -
Emergency Immigration Education Program
This act assist schools who have an unexpected about of immigrant school children. -
NCEE
The Carnegie Forum on the Education and the Economy was founded to endorse the restructuring of schools and to strengthen the role of teachers. -
Microsoft Windows 1.0
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Challenger explodes
Christa McAuliffe was chosen by NASA from 11000 applicants to go into space. She was a teacher. -
Holmes Group
The Holmes Group wrote their book Tomorrow's Teachers and established their five educational reformation goals -
Edwards v. Aguillard
The Supreme Court invalidates Louisiana's "Creationism Act," which requires the teaching of creationism whenever evolution is taught, because it violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution. -
Auguillard v. Edwards
Creation science is to be taught along with evolution. -
The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, who describes "how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students." -
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards was created to develop examinations on which to base national certification of expert teacher
