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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
The quintessential education act created during Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty -
A Nation at Risk
The National Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation at Risk saying that the educational system had lost focus and the United States was struggling to compete in the global economy -
National Literacy Act
Developed to enhance the literacy and basic skills of adults and to support adult litearcy programs. -
Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read
A national report that assessed the status of research-based knowledge, including the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching children to read -
No Child Left Behind
A reauthorization of ESEA which emphasized “scientifically based research” and practices for teaching children -
Common Core Learning Standards
Aligns K12 standards in reading, writing and math -
Race to the Top
Provides funding for schools to adopt Common Core Standards