laws/acts
This 1984 act made sure students could learn hands on skills like cooking and cleaning and car repair in school.
What is the Perkins Act?
This was the first president at this time.
What is Jimmy Carter?
This 1983 report warned that U.S. students were falling behind the rest of the world.
What is A Nation at Risk?
This act gave money to schools to improve science and math classes in 1984.
What is the Education for Economic Security Act?
This peanut-loving president signed Executive Order 12232 to support HBCUs.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
This back-to-basics movement pushed schools to focus on reading, writing, and math.
What is the basics movement?
This 1994 law set goals like safe schools, better reading scores, and kids ready to learn.
What is Goals 2000?
He put education in the spotlight and pumped up funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Critics of the basics movement said students need more than this to succeed.
What are basic skills?
This 1994 act gave extra funding to schools in poor areas and raised learning standards.
What is the Improving America's Schools Act?
This Gipper wanted tougher tests and stricter standards in schools.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This tech shift turned computers into key tools for learning.
What is the Computer Revolution?
Updated in 1990, this law helped students get ready for real jobs instead of just college.
What is the Perkins Act?
He clicked "invest" on school tech, created direct student loans, and wanted kids to read more.
Who is Bill Clinton?
To hold schools accountable, states used these to measure students success.
What are standardized tests?