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Brown V. Board of Education
http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/supreme-court-landmarks/brown-v-board-education-podcast
The end of segregation because it violated the fourteenth amendment. "Seperate is not equal" -
Civil Right Act
This law ended segregation in public places and banned all kind of discrimination in work areas. This law contributes to Special education laws because after children graduated they would have the same posibilities for employment. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This law was to educate everyone and to fight poverty. The primary target was low-income, particularly rural, native American, neglected, migrant, homeless, and English language limited families. -
Mills V. Board of Education
Children with disabilities have the same right as other children. The Fourteenth Amendment also includs them. -
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Parents have certain protections from their children education records. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Equal education for children with disabilities. They provide them with one free meal per day. -
Education of the Deaf Act
Educational Programs for deaf -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Law for appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities. They added new disability categories to Education for All Handicapped Children Act and changed the name. -
No child Left Behind
All students must meet or exceed state standards in math and reading. It emphasizes four pillars accountability, flexibility, research-based education, and parent options. -
Assistive Technology Act
Provide equipment or system that is used to improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.