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The Smart Board is born!
The interactive white board was introduced to education by SMART Technologies. -
COMPU-High Whitmorte is founded.
This school claims to be the very first online high school. -
Improving America's Schools Act
The IASA is signed into law by President Bill Clinton. It reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965 and includes reforms for Title I. This meant more funding for bilingual and immigrant education and provisions for public charter schools, drop-out prevention, and educational technology. -
The First Universal Preschool
Georgia becomes the first state to offer universal preschool to all four year olds whose parents choose to enroll the. More than half the state's four-year-old's are now enrolled in this program. -
The NCAC is formed.
Educators come together to form the National Career Academy Coalition. -
No Child Left Behind
The controversial No Child Left Behind Act is approved by Congress and signed into law by the President George W. Bush. The law, which authorizes the ESEA of 1965 and replaces the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and provides penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress towards meeting goals of the NCLB Act. -
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
This act provides more than 90 billion dollars for education, nearly half of which goes to local school districts to prevent layoffs and for school modernization or repair. It includes the Race to the Top initiative, a 4.35 billion dollar program designed to induce reform in K-12 education. In short, it is referred to as the Recovery Act. -
President Obama Announcement
President Barack Obama announces that the US Dept of Education is inviting each state educational agency to request flexibility regarding some of the requirements of the NCLB Act. On Feb 9th, 2012, the applications of 10 states seeking waivers from some of the requirements were approved. A few days later, another states waiver was approved which brought the total to 11. Later that same month, 26 additional states applied for waivers. By December 2012, 34 states have been granted waivers. -
1.1 Trillion Dollar Budget Bill
President Barack Obama signs the 1.1 Trillion dollar bipartisan budget. This bill restores some, but not all, of the cuts to the federal education programs that resulted from sequestration. It becomes the first budget to be agreed to by our divided government since 2009! -
Every Student Succeeds Act
US Senate votes 85-12 to approve the Every Student Succeeds Act, and President Obama signs it into law. This latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act replaces the No Child Left Behind Act and allows more state control in judging the quality of it's schools.