Education Topic Overview Subtitle
Choice Affs Charter Schools Expansion Regulation Vouchers
Rights Enforcement Affs Right to Education Student Privacy School Discipline Reform / SROs De-segregation Class Race LGBTQ+ Rights
Funding Affs Funding Guarantees / Equity Title I Reforms IDEA Funding / Reforms STEM Education Early Childhood Education
Accountability Reform Testing Change Teacher Accountability Changes
Teachers Shortages / Recruitment Tenure Reform Licensure Reform Value-Added Measurements Salary Inducements Professional Accountability Teachers of Color
Curriculum Common Core Add / Expand Subject Instruction Sex Education Climate change Debate Science literacy Sex Education Comprehensive sex ed Non-heteropatriarchal sex ed SSE / Classrooms Arts
Non-Curriculum Programs School Lunch Reform Dress Codes Class Sizes
States-Insulated Areas Indigenous Lands Military Bases Washington DC Other U.S. Terrirotires
Federal Involvement Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (1965) Title IX (1972) San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez (1973) Milliken v. Bradley (1974) Education for All Handicapped Children Act / Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1975) U.S. Department of Education (1979) A Nation at Risk (1983) No Child Left Behind (NCLB) (2001) Rate to the Top (2009) Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (2015)
Disadvantages (Generic) Budget Deficit Spending Tradeoff Curriculum Tradeoff Federalism Politics Agenda Midterms Teacher DAs