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No Child Left Behind Act
This act introduced to help programs in the educational system. This act was made by George W. Bush. He wanted to ensure high performance in schools by using annual testing. Link: https://www2.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/execsumm.pdf -
The Higher Education Act
This act expanding even more in 2003. This allowed lower income students the funds and resources they needed. This also included college affordability. This act was set to make the federal student financial assistance create new programs for lower to middle income students.
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/3311?s=1&r=79 -
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
This act was placed to ensure students with disabilities are able to receive free public education. Also, this act provides early programs, intervention, and many other related resources to these students.
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The Common Core State Standards Initiative
This was launched in 2009 to ensure that all students graduate with a well knowing of college, life, and a career. It was expected that all students ready to graduate knew what they wanted to do with their life. Also, K-12 students are taught about the college and career standards.
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Alabama is the first state to require public schools to check immigration status of students
People who approved of this law do not want the students to be blocked from their education, but to ensure the state can keep track of the immigrants and tracking the cost it would be to educate them. On the other hand, opponents state that this is against the constitutional right to public education.
Link: https://abcnews.go.com/US/alabama-immigration-law-leaves-schools-gripped-uncertainty/story?id=14641343 -
Sandy- Hook Elementary School Shooting
Adam Lanza, 20, kills his mother and later invades the Sandy- Hook elementary school. He then kills 20 six to seven year olds in the school.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/us/sandy-hook-timeline/index.html -
Minority students enrolled in K-12 public school classrooms outnumber non-Hispanic Caucasians
The first time minority students outnumber and surpass Non- Hispanic Whites in the classroom. This leads to educators to make a turn and be able to teach these lower income students just as well as before.
Link: https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/20/01demographics.h34.html -
More than 60 schools in Detroit are forced to close
This protest made thousands of kids stay home from school. This "stick out" was a protest led by teachers in Detroit. These teachers were fed up with the amount of kids they had to teach in a classroom. One reported of having over 45 students in a classroom
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/us/detroit-teachers-sickout/ -
Parkland, Florida Massacre
A 19-year old was accused of killing 17 people at his old high school. He did admit to killing students and teachers that day.
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/15/florida-school-shooting-suspect-booked-on-17-counts-of-murder-premeditated/ -
Public School Teachers in the Los Angeles go on Strike
Los Angeles teachers go on strike for the overload of students. These teachers only wanted the state to hire more teachers to even out the workload. Students were still expected to go to school while the teachers were on strike.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/us/los-angeles-teachers-strike/index.html
