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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. (History.com Editors, 2009)
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Helped fix misclassification of students in special education. IQ tests were not biased and were given in the language appropriate for the student. Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1990
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Provide state grants to help expand education programs for students with disabilities
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Required schools to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
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Federal funding was provided to those who promised to education students with disabilities.
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Parents of students noticed their children in special education began to regress during summer break
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School sued due to an interpreter being taken away from the deaf student.
The court ruled in favor of the school because Amy Rowley was succeeding without the interpreter. -
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The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. (2022)
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Standardized testing began. The goal of NCLB was to provide more education opportunities for students. (2022)