Topic Lecture: Education Georgetown Debate Seminar 2017 Maggie Berthiaume
The Resolution Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of elementary and/or secondary education in the United States.
Definitions Funding Regulation Elementary Secondary Education
Major Types of Schools Public Private/Independent Charter Magnet Parochial
A Brief History of Federal Education Policy…
Historical Role of the USFG in Education
Federal Education Policy 1950 — Sweatt v. Painter & McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents 1954 — Brown v. Board of Education 1965 — Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Federal Education Policy 1971 — Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1972 — Title IX 1973 — San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
Federal Education Policy 1974 — Milliken v. Bradley 1975 — Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1979 — Department of Education Organization Act
Federal Education Policy 1983 — “A Nation at Risk” Report 1990 — Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) 1994 — Goals 2000 1999 — Capacchione v. Charlotte- Mecklenburg Schools
Federal Education Policy 2001 — No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2009 — Race to the Top (R2T or RTTT) 2015 — Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Features of the 2000s Reform Movement…
Language of Modern Education Reform… Transformational Move the needle Pull the right levers Drill deep Take a deep dive Buckets Robust data Optics Bandwidth Fatally flawed
Trump Education Policies…
Aff/Neg Ground Division