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Summary of changes
Education is viewed as the family's responsibility. More people decide they wish to educate their kids, they band together to give education. Education is now considered a government function and is recognized as a key to creating informed citizens who can uphold democracy. In some ways, the curriculum is becoming more focused on reading, writing, and math in the younger grades -
Common Schools Movement
The common schools movement, which aimed to pay for every community's school using public funds, is credited with establishing organized public education in the United States. Horace Mann started the movement. -
National Education Association
The NEA was established to professionalize education. The National Teachers Association used to be this (NTA). Women can only join as honorary members and membership is only open to gentlemen. -
Brown V Board of Education
In this landmark judgment, the Supreme Court declared racial segregation of students in public schools to be unconstitutional. It overturned the "separate but equal" tenet established in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case and marked the end of officially sanctioned racial segregation in American schools. -
The National Defense Education Act
One of the most effective legislative initiatives in higher education was the NEDA. In addition to making significant sums available for low-cost student loans, it established the validity of federal sponsorship of higher education, supporting both public and private schools and universities. -
Head Start Program
A federal program called Head Start helps low-income children from birth to age five become more prepared for school by fostering their emotional, social, and cognitive growth. -
Title IX
Discrimination based on sex is prohibited in educational programs and activities that receive federal financial support under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). -
IDEA
The federal law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) covers special education and related service programming for kids and teenagers with disabilities. -
Standards Movement
The standards movement outlined a goal: the competencies that students ought to possess. It introduced evaluations to see if they succeeded as well as sanctions for schools that didn't send their children all the way down the route. -
No Child Left Behind
From 2002 to 2015, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) served as the principal piece of legislation governing K–12 general education in the US. The statute made schools liable for the learning and academic progress of students. Because it penalized schools that didn't show improvement, the bill caused controversy.