1896 - Plessy v
Ferguson
Supreme Court
decision for
“separate but
equal facilities”
for public
transportation
but has
profound
impact on
public
education
policies
1919 -
Beattie v
Board of
Education
denied
access to
students
with
physical
disability
1954 -
Brown v
Topeka
Thurgood
Marshall
won the SC
case to
abolish
segregation
laws in
public
education
1972 - PARC
v
Pennsylvania
enacted Free
Appropriate
Public
Education
(FAPE)
1975 Mills v
Board of
Education,
President
Ford signed
into law
Education
for All
Handicapped
Children Act
2004 Individuals
with
Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA)
Zero
reject
Individualized
Education
Program (IEP)
from ages 3
to 21
Appropriate
Evaluation
Procedural
Safeguards
Parent/Child
Participation
Placement in Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
MTSS
Support
for ALL
Empathy
Perceive
the world
through
the child’s
eyes
Most
learning
disabilities
such as
dyslexia
should not
be
considered
as an
impairment
but
rather
a
different
learning
style.
Most
learning
disorders
such as
ADHD
should not
be
designated
as a deficit
but rather
a different
cognitive
ability.