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The poll also revealed that respondent views on whether laws banning books and legislation against including LGBTQ+ and racial issues in schools are politically motivated also follow similar patterns.
The passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was contentious at the time, as it represented a major expansion of the federal government's role in education. The act gradually gained support among conservative members of Congress over the following decade, with reauthorization being nearly unanimous in the 1970s. [20]
The magazine was launched "by a gang of school activists" in April 1966 [1] as This Magazine Is About Schools, a journal covering political issues in the education system. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During its early years, its editorial offices were located near the University of Toronto in space rented from Campus Co-operative Residences Inc., which in the ...
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The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (IASA) was a major part of the Clinton administration's efforts to reform education. It was signed in the gymnasium of Framingham High School (MA) . It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
In 1986, Nigerian sociologist John Ogbu co-authored with Signithia Fordham a study that concluded that high-performing African-American students in a Washington, D.C. high school borrowed from hegemonic white culture as part of a strategy for achievement, while struggling to maintain a black identity, and the "acting white theory" was born.
[8] [10] On January 24, 2025, the Trump Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights dismissed 11 cases regarding challenged books in schools and eliminated an oversight position for investigating such issues. They then issued a press release stating that they had ended what they referred to as "Biden's Book Ban Hoax".
The United States does not have a comprehensive federal language policy or an official national language.The status of a national language of the United States is a contentious political debate, and many bills establishing English as the official language of the United States have been sponsored in Congress, though none have been passed into law.