Cases that impacted education

Individual's with Disabilities Act 1975

• Ensures all children with disabilities are entitled to a free, appropriate public education.
• Schools are required to allow evaluations to be done and IEP's be made, and if possible students be in a "typical" classroom.
• For teachers it means looking for deficits that may need help beyond us.

Title IX 1972 Revised 1998

• If receiving federal financial assistance, one is not allowed to exclude, discriminate, or deny participation to anyone, based on sex.
• For teachers, it means treating all students equally no matter what gender.
• Schools are to not discriminate on any one person based on their sex.

Jacob Javits GT Students Education Act (1988)

• It was created to produce programs that implement various activities to enhance and build the ability of GT students.
• It is made to for the races and socioeconomic students wh0 suffer from a wider learning gap.
• It allows the teachers to not place limits on their students.

Title I (1965)

• Makes certain that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality of education.
• It challenges the schools to higher state academic achievement standards and assessments, as well as teacher prep.
• For teachers this means that we offer our best educational techniques to all.

Sec 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973-74)

• Protects the rights of the individuals with disabilities in programs and activities.
• Schools have to provide free, appropriate public education to each qualified student with a disability.
• For teachers, this means to teach each student in your class, never deny chances based on their learning disabilities.

Lau v. Nichols (1974)

• Created for students of language minorities.
• School districts must take steps to rectify the language deficiency. Programs should be designed to meet skills ASAP.
• Teachers, this means giving opportunities for your students to learn english and understand the assignment.