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Hobson v. Hansen (1967)
Civil rights activist Julius Hobson filed a class action lawsuit in federal trial court against the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and its superintendent, Carl Hansen.The court ruled against a tracking system in which children were placed into either regular or special education classes according to intelligence test scores.https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1152510175323409021&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr -
Diana v. Board of Education
Diana was a young girl that attended school in the Soledad Unified School District in central California. She showed signs of learning difficulties, so she was assessed by a school psychologist using the Stanford Binet Intelligence Test. The results of this test indicated that Diane had mild mental retardation referred to as Educably Mentally Retarded (EMR) and placed in that particular class. https://lawaspect.com/diana-vs-state-board-of-education-1970/ -
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (2017)
Endrew F. is an autistic fifth-grade student who was enrolled in private school by his parents because they felt that his public school education was inadequate. The parents of Endrew F. were seeking reimbursement of the tuition and other expenses as a result of him having to attend a private school. The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), supported Endrew's case.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-827
