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Civil Rights Act
Law prohibits discrimnation based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Provides federal funds to help low-income students, which results in the initiation of educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education. -
Equality of Educational Opportunity Study
African American children benefit from attending integrated schools sets the stage for school "busing" to achieve desegregation. -
Project Guttenberg
Michael Hart invents the e-book. -
Indian Education Act
Law explains "an approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students." -
Refugee Education Assistance Act
Thousands of Cuban and a small number of Haitian refugees come to Florida for education. -
Edwards v. Aguillard
U.S Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana requiring creation science be taught along with evolution. -
Online Campus
University of Phoenix is the largest private university in North America that was the first to offer online Bachelor's and Master's degrees. -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibilty Act of 1996
Law prohibits states from offering high education benefit based on residency within a state to undocumented immigrants unless the benefit is available to any U.S. citizen or national. -
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
Half of funding for education goes to local school districts to prevent layoffs, school modernization and repairs. Also, Race to the Top initiative, program designed to induce reform in K-12 education.
