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Funds for the national school lunch program
Extra motivation for low-income families to send their children to school and setting an essential precedent for federal support for education. -
Anyone who refuses to salute the American flag should be expelled
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that any child who refuses to salute the American flag should be expelled from school. -
UNESCO
President Harry S Truman signs a bill allowing the United States to participate in UNESCO. -
Cold war
The USSR intended to spread communism throughout the world, which alarmed Americans. The possession of atomic weapons by the Americans worried the USSR; both countries feared attack from the other. -
Schools were not allowed to be segregated by ethnic group
In the case Brown v. Kansas Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that schools were not allowed to be segregated by ethnic group -
Funds
Federal funds were later extended to strengthen other areas of knowledge. The federal budget for education went from $672 million in 1957 to $1 billion -
United States was falling behind the Soviet Union
The feeling that the United States was falling behind the Soviet Union, particularly in mathematics, the pure sciences, and languages. Various federal programs were approved to strengthen these areas at all levels of education, including parochial schools and private universities. -
NASA
In 1957, there was the push to establish NASA in 1958, but it led to a somewhat historic overhaul of public education, feeling that the United States was falling behind the Soviet Union -
Political interests
The education provided to students is only a reflection of political interests, without any purpose of improving society. The largest number of enrollments in universities occurred, mainly in public schools. This is due to the political and economic interests of political parties, in order to manipulate a large part of youth society. -
Injustice
Prevents the promotion of independence and originality of thought in each student, simply guiding each young person to the social injustice and discrimination that notoriously marked that time. -
Primary and Secondary Education Law
President Lyndon B. Johnson completed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as a key element in his war on poverty. Title I of this law received federal funding to support education in low-income communities -
Equality
Students should have equal access not just to any school, but to a good school. Students must also have equal opportunities to succeed in school -
Higher Education Act
Congress amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 by improving Title IX to prohibit sex discrimination against students in schools that receive federal funding. -
Free education
The US Congress establishes that the nation's schools must offer a free and appropriate education to students with disabilities. -
Examine the quality of education
Mr. Bell appointed the National Commission on Excellence in Education in August 1981 and directed it to examine the quality of education in the United States. -
Nation at Risk report
The A Nation at Risk report had profound changes in American education and occasionally a series of national debates around standards. Thus, a broad consensus emerged that triggered the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The goal was to improve what children learn and are able to do at each grade level so that the US could remain competitive and safe in a global economy. -
Economic situation
Perhaps because of the unfavorable economic situation in the United States during the 1980s and early 1990s and the tendency of Republican administrations to limit and reduce the role of the federal government wherever possible, actions to correct the failures reported in 1983 emerged from tentatively and irregularly at the national level. -
Country concerns
Top concerns were the economy, job security, crime, health care costs, taxes, AIDS, drug use, Social Security and immigration, but education rarely appeared in the top five until 1996. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 that divided the world into the capitalist western bloc, led by the United States, and the communist eastern bloc, led by the USSR. -
National Education Goals Panel
In the administration of William Jefferson Clinton (Democrat, 1993-2001), who took a more active interest in education, the NEGP (National Education Goals Panel) was included as an integral part of the law. -
Third International Mathematics and Science Study
The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, in its Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 1994-1995, showed that American high school seniors ranked 19th among participants from 21 industrialized nations in mathematics and 16th place in science. Students who took the TIMSS advanced math and physics test ranked last among 16 nations.