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Kent State Shootinga
Four college students were killed at an Anti-War protest at Kent State. -
PARC vs Pennsylvania
Supreme Court case stating that all mentaly challenged children had the right to a free education. -
Indian Education Act
Approach to meeting the unique needs of Native Americans. -
Title IX
Title IX is passed making it illegal to discriminate against sex in all areas of education. -
Rehabilitation Act
Requires accomidations for students with diabilities. -
Intergration Starts via busing
Judge Arthur Garrity orders the busing of African American students to predomantly white schools in Boston, MA. -
NABE
National Association for Bilingual Education is founded. -
IDEA is Created
Provided a free, appropriate and well suited education for students with special needs. -
Apple II
Apple puts out one of the first succesful personal computers the Apple II. -
Model 5150
IBM puts out it's version of the personal computer. The operating system was MS-DOS -
"A Nation At Risk"
Report done by the National Commision on the Exellence in Education, "A Nation At Risk", calls for wide spread reform of the education system. -
Wallace vs Jaffree
Supreme Court case ruling that public prayer in school is un-constatutional. -
Edwards vs Aguillard
Supreme Court case ruling that Creationism could not be taught in classrooms. -
The Internet is Born
Tim Berners, "Inventor of the Internet", creates a program that allows one computer to communicate with another.