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Harvard collage
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First school for the deaf established in Hartford, CT
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Smith-Hughes Act
provides federal funds for the teaching of agriculture -
Brown v. Board of Education
declares separate schools
unconstitutional -
USSR launches satellite Sputnik
Americans fear they’re falling behind Soviets -
Lemon v. Kurtzman,
the U.S.
Supreme Court finds that state aid
to parochial schools constitutes
impermissible entanglement
between church and state -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
mandates that
schools provide special education
services -
National Commission on Excellence in Education.
President Reagan establishes the
National Commission on Excellence
in Education. The Commission’s
report, A Nation at Risk, calls for
K-12 reform -
Wallace v. Jaffree
the Court finds that a state law allowing
time in schools for meditation or
voluntary prayer is unconstitutional -
No Child Left Behind Act
directs state testing in reading and
mathematics and mandates federal
reporting of student scores of low-
income, race/ethnicity, disability,
and limited English proficiency