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No Child Left Behind Act
"mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and provides penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.) -
North American Reggio Emilia Alliance (NAREA)
"an organization which promotes the rights of young children and provides information about the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.) -
The Higher Education Act
"again amended and reauthorized, expanding access to higher education for low and middle income students, providing additional funds for graduate studies, and increasing accountability" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.) -
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning
"a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing K-12 online education" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.) -
The Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act (IDEA 2004)
"reauthorizes and modifies IDEA" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.) -
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
changed its name from the American Association on Mental Retardation and " seeks to enhance the capacity of disability profesiionals and to participate in the development of a fully inclusive society" ("AAIDD - Resources for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Professionals." AAIDD - Resources for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Professionals) -
Virginia Tech University Shooting
The total death toll was 33 people making it the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history -
The Great Recession
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The Common Core Standards Initiative
" an educational initiative in the United States that details what K–12 students should know in English language arts and mathematics at the end of each grade" (<i>Wikipedia</i>. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web) -
Quest to Learn (Q2L)
" the first school to teach primarily through game-based learning" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.) -
American Reinvestment and Recovery 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 and repair" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.) -
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
"Adam Lanza, 20, kills his mother and then invades Sandy Hook Elementary School where he kills 20 children and six adults" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.) -
President Obama joins the "too-much-testing" movement as his new plan calls for limiting "standardized testing to no more than 2% of class time."
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Every Student Succeeds Act
"President Obama signs it into law on December 10. This latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) will replace No Child Left Behind and allow more state control in judging school quality" ("American Educational History Timeline." <i>American Educational History Timeline</i>. N.p., n.d.)
