#5: History of Education

In my service learning classroom, I saw students who appeared to be from different ethnic backgrounds, which comes from Brown v. Board of Education. One thing that actually bothered me a bit is that I saw one student, who I'll call Jake (that's not his real name), who was having a lot of trouble focusing, following instructions, and sitting still. My brother has severe ADHD that he's learned to manage, but in elementary school, he acted a lot like Jake. I'm definitely not qualified to diagnose him, but if I were his teacher, I would've recommended that he be evaluated. Under IDEA and section 504, he could've gotten help to learn how to manage it, as well as things like extra time on assignments, individual instruction, and even counseling. They also learned about science, which comes from Sputnik making science more of a priority in schools.

From the research I've done on No Child Left Behind, it was actually replaced by the Every Child Succeeds Act in 2015. This law moves to give education to the states, rather than the federal government. It also gets rid of an accountability system that punished states with underperforming students. However, it keeps standardized testing in place.