Major Policies in Education

___________ established federal funding of higher education and made substantial funds available for low-cost student loans, boosting public and private colleges and universities.

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act

• National Defense Act of 1958

• Title VI

• Title IX

___________ emphasizes equal access to education, aiming to shorten the achievement gaps between students by providing federal funding to support schools with children from impoverished families.

• National Defense Act of 1958

• Title VI

• Title IX

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act

____________ is a federal law that affords parents the right to have access to their children’s education records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to have some control over the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records. When a student turns 18 years old, or enters a postsecondary institution at any age, the rights under FERPA transfer from the parents to the student

• National Defense Education Act of 1958

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act

• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

• No Child Left Behind

_________ is a federal law that was passed in 1972 to ensure that male and female students and employees in educational settings are treated equally and fairly.

• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

• Title VI

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act

• Title IX

___________ prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance

• Title VI

• National Defense Act of 1958

• Title IX

• Common Core

_________________is a policy that gives appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.

•  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• No Child Left Behind

• Titel VI

• FERPA

___________ is a US law that governs public education for grades K–12. It was signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2015 to replace the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The goals are to provide all students with a high-quality education and close educational achievement gaps.

• Individual Education Act

• Every Child Succeeds Act

• National Defense Act of 1958

• TITLE IX

________________ is a $4.35 billion United States Department of Education competitive grant created to spur and reward innovation and reforms in state and local district K–12 education.

• Common Core

• National Defense Act of 1958

• Race to the Top

• Every Child Suceeds Act

_____________ purpose was to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education, and attain a level of proficiency on challenging state academic assessments.

• Race to the Top

• FERPA

• No Child Left Behind

• Common Core