EDUC 1220 - Timeline

The Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble Minded Children was established

Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld the expulsion of a student due solely to poor academic performance (Smith, 2004)

Wisconsin Supreme Court denied education to a student with cerebral palsy

Brown v Board of Education of Topeka

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

PARC v Pennsylvania

Mills v the Board of Education of the District of Columbia

Passage of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Continued exclusion in the public school systems

Passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA)

Amendment to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act

Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District v Rowley

The Handicapped Child Protections Act

Increase in access to education, but lack of accountability

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was reformulated as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act is passed.

The rise of “people-first” language.

Reauthorization of IDEA with new focus on school-to-work transition

Passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

The reauthorization of IDEA instituted research-based interventions

Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act

Unsure future for special education with the coexistence of the Every Student Succeeds Act and IDEA

References

ISOLATION

INCLUSION

EMPOWERMENT