Evolution of Education

To provide services to school districts to offset costs due to large numbers of immigrant students in the area. Directs the Secretary of Education to allocate program payments to State educational agencies for services for immigrant children in elementary and secondary schools in local educational agency districts where the number of immigrant children is equal to at least 1,000 or at least five percent of the total number of students enrolled in public and nonpublic schools during that fiscal year. Allows a State to reserve not more than three percent of such funds for such services in local educational agencies which do not meet such criteria.
Resources:
Congress.gov. (2019). Retrieved from: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3228

Prohibits the discrimination of anyone with disabilities including against those who would try to gain an education.

President George W. Bush No Child Left Behind Act was instilled to combat illiteracy and high drop out rates, to protest low-preforming schools and to turn around test scores (U.S. Department of Education, 2011). Reference
U.S. Department of Education. (2011). ESEA Revitalization: A Blue Print for Reform. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/blueprint/index.html

The Higher Education Act is reauthorized, expanding access to higher education for low and middle income students.
References:
Historical Timeline of Public Education in the U.S. (2009). The Applied Research Center. Retrieved June 17, 2019, from Applied Resource Center website: http://www.arc.org/content/view/100/48

The state-led effort to develop the Common Core State Standards was launched in 2009 by state leaders, including governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, two territories and the District of Columbia, through their membership in the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). State school chiefs and governors recognized the value of consistent, real-world learning goals and launched this effort to ensure all students, regardless of where they live, are graduating high school prepared for college, career, and life.
References:
The Common Core Standards Initiative. (2019). Retrieved from: http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/development-process/

Standards for education were being set across the board at the State level for 48 States (California Department of Education, April 2014). For California this is when they adopted the mandate. References
California Department of Education. (April, 2014). Common Core State Standards Systems Implementation Plan for California. Retrieved from https://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/documents/ccsssimplementationplan.pdf

Obama finally succeeds in passing the updated and extended ESEA bill in 2015. The children of low-income families, particularly rural, Native American, neglected, migrant, homeless and English language limited families are the primary target of the provisions of this bill. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act aims to provide for their long-term welfare by improving their schools and the resources available to them.
References:
Laws.com. (2017). Retrieved from: https://www.scribd.com/doc/49149656/Elementary-and-Secondary-Education-Act-of-1965

Obama's new Act that takes over for No Child Left Behind. This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation’s national education law and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students.
Resources:
U.S Department of Education. (2019). Retrieved from: https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=rn

Teacher's strike over pay and school funding increases (Gonzales, 2018). References
Gonzales, R. (2018). The Two Way. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/20/604185559/arizona-teachers-vote-to-strike-sparking-first-ever-statewide-walkout