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Essay / No Child Left Behind - 1504
In 1965, Education Commissioner Francis Keppel designed a law that was part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, which made available large amounts of resources for less fortunate and less educated children. disputed. The Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA) was passed by Congress and signed into law on April 9, 1965. With the signing of this law, the Head Start program began. This program allocated funds to low-income areas with a concentration of preschool children in order to adequately prepare these children for secondary school from the first grade (Schugurensky, 2001). The law on primary and secondary schools has been amended seven times. , but the most recent is No Child Left B (NCLB). This law is a direct result of the 1994 amendment to the ESEA Improving America's Schools Act (IASA), which was a result of the Clinton administration and Goals 2000. Goals 2000, a law signed into law on March 31, 1994, implemented established eight goals regarding school readiness, school completion, student academic success, leadership in math and science, adult literacy, safe and drug-free schools, encouraging professional development of teachers and parental participation (Paris, 1994). After Clinton signed Goals 2000, the IASA was implemented and signed on October 20, 1994. The new amendment to the ESEA allocated $11 billion for most K-12 programs funded by the federal government and enacted what are considered the most significant changes since the original law was passed in 1965 (Education Week, 1994). NCLB is the 2001 U.S. law stating that educational standards in elementary and secondary education should be improved so that students with disabilities can succeed individually...... middle of paper ......repetition and changes. New York, NY: Nova Publishers. Paris, K. (1994). Summary of Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Retrieved May 12, 2014 from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/stw/sw0goals.htmPeterson, PE and West, MR (2003). No child left behind? : The policy and practice of school accountability. New York, NY: Brookings Institution Press. Schugurensky, D. (2001). History of education: selected moments. Retrieved May 12, 2014, from http://schugurensky.faculty.asu.edu/moments/1965elemsec.htmlState-Federal Education Policy, Historical Essay, Clinton Years. (nd). Accessed May 12, 2014, from http://www.archives.nysed.gov/edpolicy/research/res_essay_clinton_iasa.shtmlU. S. Ministry of Education (nd). Overview: Making a difference: No child is left behind. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/overview/importance/difference/index.html