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Education History
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Brown vs. Board of Education
a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
I Have A Dream!
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., on 28 August. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
It was passed as a part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" and has been the most far-reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by Congress. -
Richard Nixon, President
U.S. President Richard Nixon was inaugurated in January 1969; promised "peace with honor" to end the Vietnam War. -
Education for All Handicapped Children's Act
This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental disabilities. -
A Beautiful Flower Is Born
I was born in Gros-Morne, Haiti in the front of my grandmother's house. I weighed 8 lbs and 8 oz. -
Americans With Disabilities Act
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It's A Hurricane!!
Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 hurricane, kills 65 people and causes $26 billion in damage to Florida and other areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast, -
OKC Building Bombing
News Coveragea domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The bombing claimed 168 lives[1] and injured more than 680 people. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 16-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, causing at least an estimated $652 million worth of damage. -
No Child Left Behind Act
President Bush emphasized his deep belief in our public schools, but an even greater concern that “too many of
our neediest children are being left behind,” despite the nearly $200 billion in Federal spending since the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). -
