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Learning Disability
Samuel A. Kirk uses the terminology of "learning disability" for children who have perceptual disorders. The following year, the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities is formed. Today, this group is called the Learning Disabilities Association of America and it assists almost half of all students receiving special education who have learning disabilities. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act passes and it makes discrimination against race, color, sex, religion or national origin illegal. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
President Johnson's "War on Poverty" helped this act provide federal funding for low-income students. This act provided a way for educational programs, such as Title I and bilingual education. -
Bilingual Education Act
This act is also known as Title VII passes as law. However, it is repealed in 2002 and replaced by the No Child Left Behind Act. -
Indian Education Act
This act becomes law and it creates "a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students". -
Education of All Handicapped Children Act
This federal law makes it a requirement for public education to give a free, appropriate education that is suitable to student's needs. Handicapped children must be offered accomodated settings. -
Emergency Immigrant Education Act
This act allowed services to be cost-effective for school districts that have large amounts of immigrant students. -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990
This law made family-sponsored visas and employment-based visas for several types of workers available. Annual immigration increased to about 700,000 due to this reform thus creating a more diverse nation. -
Ebonics at Oakland, CA
The Oakland, CA school district sparks controversy by claiming that Ebonics should be the officially recognized language of African American students. -
Alabama's Check on Immigration Status
Alabama becomes the first state to make checking a student's immigration status a requirement. Even though a student can still attend regardless of his or her immigration status, many consider this check illegal under Plyer v. Doe's ruling.
