Timeline+of+Major+Events+and+Influences

> **2009:** [|Common Core State Standards Initiative] launched ||
 * = = DECADES = ||= = HISTORICAL EVENTS = ||= = EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCES = ||
 * 1980s || * 1980-1988: President Ronald Reagan
 * 1988-1992: President George Bush
 * 1980: Titanic found
 * 1981: Space shuttle missions begin
 * 1982: Huntsvill's Space Camp founded
 * 1983: Sally Ride, first woman in space
 * 1984: Apple's Macintosh computers first released
 * 1985: Hole in ozone layer discovered
 * 1986: Chernobyl nuclear plant accident occurred
 * 1986: Challenger explosion: Christa McAuliffe, first teacher astronaut on board
 * 1988: [|Stephen Hawking's]//A Brief History of Time// published
 * 1989: Dismantling of [|Berlin Wall] begins || * 1979: Federal Department of Education created
 * 1980: John Holt's //[|Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path to Education]// adds momentum to homeschooling movement
 * 1981: National Commission on Excellence in Education
 * 1981: //Head Start Act of 1981// (expands Head Start from its original 1964 launch)
 * 1981: //The Catcher in the Rye//, most censored book, is one of most taught books
 * 1983: //[|A Nation at Risk]// published by D.O.E
 * 1984: Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act - quality vocational education
 * 1985: //New Jersey v. T.L.O.// (reduces students' expectation of privacy in school)
 * 1987: E.D. Hirsch Jr.'s //[|Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know]// published
 * 1988: [|Even Start], a family literacy initiave, implemented
 * //1988: [|Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier]// (allows schools to edit student publications)
 * 1989: University of Phoenix establishes first online campus
 * 1989: Bush's National Educational Summit
 * 1989: //[|Turning Points]// identifies problems in middle school and calls for radical reform ||
 * 1990s || * 1988-1992: President George H.W. Bush
 * 1992-2000: President Bill Clinton
 * 1990: Tim Berners-Lee ("inventor of the Internet") wrote first web-client server protocol (hypertext translation protocol--htto)
 * 1990-1991: [|Persian Gulf War]
 * 1991: Soviet Union collapsed
 * 1992: Cold War ended
 * 1992: L.A. Riots
 * 1993: World Trade Center bombed
 * 1994: Rwandan genocide
 * 1995: Oklahoma City bombing
 * 1996: Olympics hosted in Atlanta, GA
 * 1997: Princess Diana died
 * 1997: First cloned sheep
 * 1998: President Clinton impeached
 * 1998: Google launched || * 1990: //IDEA// enacted
 * 1990: Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act integrated vocational and academic curricula
 * 1990: First broadcast of [|Channel One]
 * 1990: Teach for America formed
 * 1990: //Immigration and Nationality Act// added to diversity of nation and schools
 * 1991: Bush's //[|America 2000: an education] strategy// proposed
 * 1991: Georgia Professional Standards Commission created
 * 1991: SMART Boards introduced by SMART Technologies
 * 1992: [|City Academy High School], first charter school, opens
 * 1993:The [|Massachusetts Education Reform Act] requires a common curriculum and statewide tests
 * 1994: Clinton's //[|Goals 2000: Educate America Act]// passed
 * 1994: [|Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)] signed into, reauthorizes the [|ESEA of 1965], includes reforms for Title I
 * 1994: [|CompuHigh](first online high school) founded **1994:** Whiteboards replacing blackboards
 * 1995: First [|statewide Pre-K] for all 4-year-olds (Georgia)
 * 1995: David Berliner and Bruce J. Biddle's //The Manufactured Crisis// published
 * 1996: E.D. Hirsch's //The Schools We Need and Why We Don't Need Them// published
 * 1997: //IDEA Improvement Act// reauthorized
 * 1998: The Higher Education Act [|amended and reauthorized], requires institutions and states to produce[| "report cards"] about teacher education [|(See Title II).]
 * 1998: The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act - vocational accountability, tech prep, school-to-work, SWD flexibility, and funding formulas
 * 1999: Columbine High School shooting ||
 * 2000s || * 2000-2008: President George W. Bush
 * 2008-Present: President Barack Obama
 * 2001: September 11th Attacks
 * 2001: War on Terrorism begins
 * 2003: Iraq War begins
 * 2003: Saddam Hussein captured by U.S. Special Forces
 * 2003: Space shuttle //Columbia// disintegrates
 * 2004: Facebook launched
 * 2005: Hurricane Katrina devastates Gulf Shore
 * 2007: Economic recession officially begins
 * 2008: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act passed ($700 billion bailout)
 * 2009: H1N1 virus deemed a global pandemic
 * 2009: $780 billion approved
 * 2009: Tea Party protests begin || * 2000: //[|Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe]// (amendment to school prayer)
 * 2000:[|Diane Ravitch]'s //[|Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms]// published; criticizes progressive educational policies and argues for a more traditional, academically-oriented education
 * 2001: //No Child Left Behind// passed
 * 2002: //B.O.E. of Independent School District 92 of Pottawatomi County v. Earls// (random drug test does not violate the 4th Amendment)
 * 2002: //[|Zelman v. Simmons-Harris]// states constitutionality of school voucher programs
 * 2004: //[|IDEA Improvement Act]// reauthorized, requires school districts to use RTI
 * 2006: The Carl D. Perkins [|Career and Technical Educ Act] Reauthorization
 * 2007: Head Start reauthorized
 * **2009:** [|American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009] provides more than 90-billion dollars for education, includes the [|Race to the Top] initiative
 * 2010s || * 2008-Present: President Barack Obama
 * 2011: Osama Bin Laden killed
 * 2011: Iraq War ends || * 2010: Recession causes massive budget deficits in schools
 * 2010: Phase 1 of [|Race to the Top] begins
 * 2012: Some states waived from requirements of //No Child Left Behind//
 * 2012: Many states will implement [|Common Core Standards] ||