Education Consultant

In the early 1960’s, President Kennedy read Michael Harrington’s publication, The Other America, which revealed that poverty in America was far more prevalent than middle-class people had assumed, and explained the impact that poverty had on education. This formulated another movement from Washington called the anti poverty agenda. The Civil Rights Movement brought to the forefront equal rights issues and school segregation. The separate but equal law was questioned.  This movement created programs like: The Food Stamp Act, The Social Security Amendments which created Medicare and Medicaid, The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which established the Job Corps, VISTA, and federal work-study programs, The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was also implemented. The more money added to schools, the less progress students made in improving the education for all students. What is the real problem with educating poor and minority children? 

Did you know that the education of children in America is a state function, not a function of the federal government? 1957 Russia successfully launched the first satellite into space. With the launching of Sputnik, then Republican President Eisenhower in looking for someone to blame decided to attack the education institutions.  There was a public outcry to do something.  He commissioned a meeting with the US National Security Council to address the issue. As a result, in 1958 The National Defense Education Act was developed and became law.  More than 70 million of your tax dollars were allocated to improve education. From this law many special programs were created and implemented in schools across America: Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, Title VI, Title VII, Title VIII, Title IX, and Title X. Large amounts of money poured into states to assist with the education of all students with little effect.   What is the real proble...