Day 31 - P.L. 87-276 Teachers of the Deaf Act
Public Law 87-276 was enacted at the federal level in 1961. This act was passed to provide specially trained teachers to students who...
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Nov 8, 20211 min read
Day 30 - 1958 PL 85 - 926
Public Law 85-926 was passed at the federal level in 1958. This public law encouraged an increase in teachers of students with...
Nov 7, 20211 min read
Day 29 - NJ Bills of 1954
In 1954 three bills were passed in the state of New Jersey regarding Special Education. These laws described three categories in which...
Nov 6, 20211 min read
Day 28 - Establishment of the ARC
In 1950 parent groups came together to establish The ARC. Originally, the organization was named the National Association of Parents and...
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Day 27 - Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation
The Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation was founded in 1946 by Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. The foundation was named in honor...
Nov 4, 20211 min read
Day 26 - Cornelius E. van Koetsveld
Today, November 4th, is the anniversary of the death of Cornelius E. van Koetsveld. Van Koetsveld established the first private...
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Day 25 - NJ Cerebral Palsy League
Parents and other concerned people began to form groups during the 1940s to address the issue of inequality in education for students...
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Day 24 - Cuyahoga County Ohio Council for the Retarded Children
The Cuyahoga County Council for the Retarded Children was established in 1933 by parents of children with disabilities. This was a...
Oct 31, 20211 min read
Day 22 - Ungraded Magazine
The Ungraded Magazine was first published in May of 1915. The magazine was a professional periodical that published information and...
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Day 20 - Brooklyn Training School
Elizabeth Farrell proposed the establishment of a three month graduate course at the Brooklyn Training School for teachers of “ungraded”...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Day 19 - Edward Seguin
Today, October 28th, is the anniversary of the death of Edward Seguin who passed away in 1880. Seguin was mentored by Jean Marc Gaspard...
Oct 27, 20211 min read
Day 18 - P.L. 1911 c. 234 - New Jersey State
In 1911 legislation was passed in the state of New Jersey which required boards of education to report which children, if any, were three...
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Day 16 - The Henry Street School Settlement
Elizabeth E. Farrell worked at the Henry Street School in New York City. With the support of reformer Lillian Wald, Farrell attempted for...
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Day 15 - PL 88-156
On this date - October 24th - in 1963 Public Law 88-156 was passed to assist in the prevention of “mental retardation.” The act expanded...
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Day 14 - Wyatt v. Stickney
Today, October 23rd, marks the day that the Wyatt v. Stickney lawsuit was filed in the year 1970. This case ruled that people who are...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Day 13 - Horace Mann and the Common School
Horace Mann enacted a major education reform in the United States through the creation of the common school. Mann argued that every child...
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Day 12 - Cotting School
The first private, free day school for children with physical disabilities in the United States was established in 1893. This school...
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Day 11 - Anne Sullivan
Today, October 20th, is the 85th anniversary of the death of Anne Sullivan. Sullivan was a student at Perkins School for the Blind, but...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Day 10 - John Langdon Down
John Langdon Down worked as the director of the largest “asylum for Idiots” in London during the mid nineteenth century. Down noted the...
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Day 9 - Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University was chartered in 1864 when Abraham Lincoln signed the charter bill into a law. Gallaudet is the first school for the...
"It is the boast of Americans that every child has opportunity of school education but it is true that many children- through no fault of their own- get nothing from education. Not education but the right education should be our boast."
- Elizabeth Farrell
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