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Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was the first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. She becomes a class of one as parents start removing their students from the school/ -
Samuel A. Kirk
Samuel A. Kirk uses the term "learning disability" at a conference on children with perceptual disorders. In 1964, the Learning Disabilities Association of America was formed. -
The Civil Rights Act
In 1964 the Civil Rights Act becomes law, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Part of Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty," it provides federal funds to help low-income students, which results in the initiation of educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education. -
Plyler V. Doe
In the case of Plyler v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a 5-4 decision that Texas law denying access to public education for undocumented school-age children violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The ruling also found that school districts cannot charge tuition fees for the education of these children. -
Emergency Immigrant Education Act
Provides services and offset the costs for school districts that have unexpectedly large numbers of immigrant students. -
Public Law 94-142
Public Law 101-476, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), renames and amends Public Law 94-142. In addition to changing terminology from handicap to disability, it mandates transition services and adds autism and traumatic brain injury to the eligibility list. -
Intellectual Disability
On January 1, 2007, the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) became the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), joining the trend toward use of the term intellectual disability in place of mental retardation. -
The Civil Rights Project
It shows what many teachers already know: a decline in non-Hispanic Caucasian students, a large increase in Latino students, and the growth of segregation, both by race and poverty, particularly among Latinos in central cities and suburbs of the largest metropolitan areas. -
Strict Bathroom Laws
The federal government tells school districts "to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity." Though the directive is not a law, districts that do not comply could face lawsuits or lose federal aid. -
Against the Government
A federal judge in Texas signs a temporary injunction allowing schools to opt out of the above transgender bathroom directive.
