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Federal Funding Critics
President Clinton signs a bill expanding federal aid to charter schools while also setting stricter standards the schools must meet to qualify for federal funding. -
television news program designed for use in high school classrooms
Channel One, a commercially sponsored television news program designed for use in high school classrooms, makes its formal debut in four hundred schools across the country. -
The Centers for Disease Control
CDC) releases a report based on a 1990 survey that found that almost one in five American high school students sometimes carried a gun, knife, or other weapon to school. -
Violation of First Amendment
With a 5-4 majority vote, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that prayers delivered at a public high school graduation violated First Amendment principles separating church and state. -
Boston Teachers Union
The Boston Teachers' Union votes in favor of a new contract that would directly tie teachers' pay to improvements in student performance. -
Consulting Firm Hired
The school board in Minneapolis, Minnesota, votes unanimously to hire a consulting firm to run the city's schools. -
Boston stop using racial prefrences
The public school system in Boston, Massachusetts, announces it will stop using racial preferences in its admissions process after a lawsuit brought by the father of a white girl who was denied admission to the elite Boston Latin School. The prospective student's entrance exam scores were higher than 103 black and Hispanic students who were granted admission to the school. -
The Internet
President Bill Clinton announces the Department of Education will issue grants to public schools to help them connect to the Internet.