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The Alliance of Concerned Teachers ( ACT-Teachers) is a progressive national democratic mass organization of teachers, academics, and other education workers in the Philippines, established on June 26, 1982. It is the largest non-traditional teachers' organization in the country, and campaigns for the economic and political rights of teachers ...
L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 51–841. 1914. Smith–Lever Act of 1914. Created a cooperative extension service through land-grant universities. Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 63–95. 1917. Smith–Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917. Amended the Smith–Lever Act to fund vocational education.
History of teacher quality reform: 1965–2001. When the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was first created, Title II was known as the Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Regional Consortiums Program. Its goals were to provide financial assistance to states to support the professional development of their math and science teachers.
The 1989 education summit, also known as the Charlottesville educational summit, was a meeting between President George H. W. Bush and 49 of the 50 governors of the United States to discuss national education policy.
A number of central Indiana teachers associations have voiced concerns after the launch of AG Todd Rokita's "Eyes on Education" portal.
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.
The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into ...
After a decade of school strikes and teacher organizing, California K-14 educators won the right to bargain collectively in 1975 when the CTA-sponsored Educational Employment Relations Act, also known as the Rodda Act, was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. A turning point in CTA's history came in 1988.