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First Bilingual School in United States
The opening of this school is still having ripple effects today as we see more and more schools like this popping up all over the nation. This was monumental because is was a starting point to help create equal opportunity for children to be educated. -
Busing of African American Students
When Federal Judge Arthur Garrity order the bussing of African American students to be bussed to predominately white schools he stood against the status quo and started the breakdown of segregation. It is because of this that schools now have more diversity in their student population than once before. -
Apple In., personal computers become popular in schools
The start of technology becoming integrated in schools advanced the way students learned and still continues to diversify the way we can teach students. It allows for education to be more interactive, versatile, and more connected for students. It also has helped to let education reach to nations that are underdeveloped to hopefully learn what the rest of the developed world is learning. -
The case of Plyer v. Dow
This ruling of not allowing for Texas law to deny access to public education for undocumented students changed the access for education for those who may not have the ability to be educated based on their citizenship. In todays society there is such a fight over illegal immigration, but this instilled that even though some might not agree all students should be educated. -
Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)
This was a huge act that created funding for bilingual schools, charter and public schools, drop-out prevention, and educational technology. It is helping compensate for a more linguistic population, supports families and educators to have resources in decreasing drop out rates, and creates room for technological trends to be present in our education system. However, it is still problematic for low income schools because they have such a vast gap they are catching up to close -
Columbine
This mass shooting was a national devastation that still haunts our schools now. This was the starting point to the ever increasing use of gun violence in our schools and the mass school shootings are continuing at a high rate creating fear in our school system for our students. -
Response to Intervention (RTI) approach
This helps schools identify students with specific learning disabilities sooner. This helps with being able to intervene sooner rather than later, giving students a better chance at being successful in their education by getting the right tools; while also reducing the need for special education services. -
Barack Obama voted 44th president
Barack Obama defeats his opponent John McCain for the 44th presidential election, becoming the first African American President of the United States of America. This not only gave the future generations an example of diversity in our countries leadership, but he his plan to reallocate money, creation of new student progress assessments, and revising of the No Child Left Behind Act are still being implemented. -
Chicago Board of Education Voted to close5 schools
This has been the largest mass school closing in the United States in efforts to reduce costs and increase quality of education. This close out however has effected low income families and minority students the most helping to continue a cycle of inequality of education amongst minorities in the United States creating an even bigger gap in the education system. -
National Walkout Day
Students from all across the United States protest against the ever growing amount of gun violence on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School mass shooting. This marks a turn in our country to use social media as a tool to unify students to be involved with what is going on around them and to use their voice for what they believe in.
