1. Current School Reform and Increasing federal involvement
By: Marah Bomar, Jake James, Jessica Pye and Casey Stevens

2. From “Separate but Equal” to Segregated Schools
The 1950s
From “Separate but Equal” to Segregated Schools
Affect of the Brown vs.
The Board of Education Case to the school system.
How Little Rock Central made History
Are these classes
segregated by
de jure segregation or de facto segregation?

3. The Reform of Education
The National Defense Education Act (NDEA)-1958
Enhance the security of the nation, government gave resources for education, provided teacher training, loans and scholarships.
A Nation At Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform- 1983
No Child Left Behind Act

4. 10 Federal Involvement What they did wrong! The 10th Amendment:
any area not specifically stated in the Constitution
as a Federal responsibility assigned to the states.
Question:
Why do you think Education is NOT mentioned in the United States Constitution? 10

5. How the Government Got Involved
Federal Dollars
New Colleges and Universities were made
Promote research efforts
Provided schools for native Americans and other groups
Free lunches
Work programs for high school and college students
Adult education programs

6. Was it a bad thing???
NO IT WASN’T
YES IT WAS
Created useful programs that are still in effect today
Advancement in math and sciences may not have been as strong
Gone against the Constitution
New reforms today are causing more issues than they are solving.

7. Works Cited
Peggy Whitley (2008). Lonestar College-Kingwood. American Cultural History.Retrieved September 7, 2010, from decade00.html Sadker, D. M., & Zittleman, K. (2008). Teachers, schools, and society: A brief introduction to education (2nd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. Space Race logo retrieved September 7, 2010, from Google Images website at Segregated Classroom image retrieved September 7, 2010, from Google Images website at content/uploads/2006/02/1961school1.jpg Political Cartoon Image retrieved September 8, 2010, from Google Images website at reform.gif