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Banning The Bible
In the cases of School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett, the U. S. Supreme Court reaffirms Engel v. Vitale by ruling that "no state law or school board may require that passages from the Bible be read or that the Lord's Prayer be recited in the public schools ...even if individual students may be excused from attending or participating . . ." This event is huge because there so many religions out there. By banning it schools aren't offending anyone. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act becomes law. It prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. This has impacted education because it gave everyone the right to learn as equals. Even though racism lived on for years and years this was the start to fairness in the educational system. -
Low In-Come Families
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is passed on April 9. Part of Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty," it provides federal funds to help low-income students, which results in the initiation of educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education. This was important because it gave families the opportunity to send their children to school. Without this law so many people wouldn't have the education they do now or even the chance for that education. -
Special Education
In the case of Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Pennsylvania, the federal court rules that students with mental retardation are entitled to a free public education. Even though children with disabilities should have been aloud to go to school way before this, now this really gave everyone an equal shot at education. This also led to children with disabilities being able to have a career due to their education. -
The Indian Education Act
The Indian Education Act becomes law and establishes "a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students" . This event met all the needs that native students needed. Now they have the rights that they deserve in the classroom, so they too can have a fair shot at an education. -
Ivy League Schools
Dartmouth becomes the last of the Ivy League schools to begin admitting women. Even though this was the last school to except women, now women could go to college and create a better life for themself. Without this event some women wouldn't have the college education they do now. -
Bilingual Education
The National Association of Bilingual Education is founded. Today when you look at a classroom there are so many people who speak multiple languages. Due to this so many schools have classrooms with teachers who speak different languages that can help students do well in school, speaking their language. -
Suspending Students
In the case of Honig v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of California could not indefinitely suspend a student for behavior that was related to his/her disability. So many people don't understand people with special needs so when they act out they think they are doing it to be rude, but they can't control it. This makes it so people really need to get to know the behaviors that come with a disability and it gives students with disabilities an even fairer shot at an education. -
Lagging Behind
The most recent results of the Program for International Student Assessment, released December 2, 2013, show that the achievement of U.S. teenagers continues to lag behind that of their counterparts in other developed countries, particularly those in Asia. I feel like this is important because America schools are still lagging behind in education. When students come over from other countries they often times are repeating what they already know, which isn't fair to them. -
Use What Bathroom You Want!
The federal government tells school districts "to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity." Though the directive is not a law, districts that do not comply could face lawsuits or lose federal aid. This was such a big move for the LGBTQ community, and for schools. This made transgender students even more comfortable in schools and basically telling them people care about them. I LOVED this!
