1998-2017
Category: Other
Updated: 14 Oct 2017
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Created byKelsey Prince
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Events
The International Council
for Exceptional Students
is foundedAll states have passed laws
to provide funds for
transportation to school.The Progressive Education Association
is founded.The first "standardized tests"
are created for WWIThe American
Federation of Teachers,
AFT, is foundedThe federal government tells
school districts "to allow transgender
students to use the bathroom
that matches their gender identity."A federal judge in Texas
signs a temporary injunction
allowing schools to opt out of
the transgender bathroom directive.The U.S. Senate votes
85-12 to approve the
Every Student Succeeds
Act, and President Obama
signs it into law
on December 10.The Minnesota State
High School League
votes on December 4
to adopt a policy allowing
transgender students
to join female sports teams.
Minnesota is the 33rd
state to have a formal
transgender student policy.The Common Core State
Standards Initiative,
"a state-led effort
coordinated by the
National Governors
Association Center for
Best Practices (NGA Center)
and the Council of Chief
State School Officers," is launched.The controversial
No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLB) is approved by Congress.NCLB Act is signed
into law by President
George W. Bush.Whiteboards are becoming more popular in U.S. classrooms.The smart board (interactive white board) is introduced by SMART Technologies.The University of Phoenix
establishes their "online
campus," the first to offer
online bachelor's and
master's degrees.Microsoft Windows 1.0 is releasedIBM introduces its
version of the
personal computer (PC).Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 becomes lawTexas Instruments
introduces the first
in its line of electronic
hand-held calculatorsThe U.S. Supreme Court
announces its decision
in the case of Brown v. Board.Jean Piaget's The Child's Conception of the World is published
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