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Project Head Start
A preschool education program for low-income families. This is the longest running anti-poverty program in the U.S. -
Jean Piaget's book, The Science of Education, is published
He helped popularize discovery-based teaching approaches. -
Lau v Nichols
Supreme Court rules the failure to provide English language instruction to Chinese American students is a violation of Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
National Association of Bilingual Education
Founded. It is a non-profit membership organization that works to ensure that language-minority students have equal opportunities to learn English and succeed academically. -
Emergency Immigrant Education Act
enacted to provide services and offset the costs for school districts that have unexpectedly large numbers of immigrant students -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Mandates transition services and adds autism and traumatic brain injury to the eligibility list. -
Improving America's Schools Act
President Bill Clinton signed the act that increased funding for bilingual and immigrant education; and provisions for public charter schools, drop-out prevention, and educational technology. -
No Child Left Behind Actu
President George W. Bush mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and provides penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress toward meeting the goals of NCLB. -
Common Core State Standards Initiative
a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers," is launched. It is expected that many, perhaps most, states will adopt them. Many parents and teachers disagree with this system. -
The Minnesota State High School League
adopted a policy allowing transgender students to join female sports teams. Minnesota is the 33rd state to have a formal transgender student policy.
