Historical Timeline

  • Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. In Brown v. Board of Education helped to fade away racism which helped stimulate the civil rights movement. And helped to band segregation in all public facilities.
  • Board of Ed. of Hendrick Hudson (1982)

    This case came about due to a deaf child name Amy Rowley who was denied the opportunity to have an interpreter. The Board of Education felt as if she was academically prepared without the assistance of an interpreter. As her parents became involved and put up a fight the courts determined that she in fact was being denied an appropriate education due to her special needs.
  • Honig v. Doe (1988)

    The principles of the case deals with suspension of a student with an IEP name John Doe. The case was brought out in San Frisco with the student being suspended for 5days after choking a student. The child had been diagnosed as having an IEP. After a second case with a child named Jack Smith a middle schooler with a similar situation his parents decided to put up a fight as he was suspended with 5 days until expulsion.