Acts from 1940-1970
Racial segregation of schools violated the constitution
Brown vs. Board of Education
Free public education for children with disabilities
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
WW2, Holocaust, Baby Boom
1940s and 1950s
Guidelines defining what students at various levels should know and be able to do.
Educational Standards
Provide an example of BF Skinner's learning theory in classrooms in the 1950s. What reward might teachers give to get students to repeat the behaviors teachers wanted?
Gold Star, extra recess, etc.
Money became available to improve scientific equipment for public and private schools; strengthened math and science instruction
The Supreme Court ordered schools to provide these kinds of classes for children who came to America and didn't know English
bilingual
English as a Second Language
or English classes for non-native speakers
JFK, moon landing, war in Vietnam, Civil Rights Movement
1960s
Public school that operates with freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools
Charter School
A Program of Study is closely related to which subject area in high schools?
Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes
This program helped poor children from low income families develop the skills they needed for kindergarten. It began in 1965 and still continues today.
Project Head Start
Prohibited discrimination based on gender in all programs receiving federal financial assistance
Title IX
Technology use increased, the Internet became available
1990s
Tests designed to give a measure of students’ performance compared with that of a very large number of other students
Standardized Tests
The number of career categories (or clusters) available through Programs of Study
16
Formally outlawed segregation in public schools and public places
Civil Rights Act
Six national education goals to help America return to the Back to Basics movement
Goals 2000
Terror attacks, War in Afghanistan, Real Estate Boom (and fall)
Schools teach toward students demonstrating mastery and achievement of specified knowledge and skills in subject areas
Competency - Based Learning
The report A Nation At Risk led to what educational movement?
Back to the Basics
Federal education dollars were given to school districts based on the number of poor children enrolled
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Increased accountability; increased focus on reading; parent choice when choosing schools for their children
No Child Left Behind
During this era, we improved bilingual education and gender equality.
1970s
Performance standards for knowledge and skills to be mastered in specific subject areas
National Standards
This is what "Least Restrictive Environment" for a child with special needs means
The classroom where he/she is going to learn best and be challenged - either in a special needs class or in a regular education class with non-special needs peers.