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How did students come to receive the opportunities, e.g. Title 1, they currently have in public education?

What current issues are affecting equal opportunity in education today?

How can the obstacles to equal educational opportunities be addressed? Defend your rationale.

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How did students come to receive the opportunities, e.g. Title 1, they currently have in public education?

The No Child Left Behind Act (formerly called the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) was actually introduced and implemented back in 1965. This act has allowed for the allocation of billions of federal dollars for low-income students. Title I, which is part of the No Child Left Behind Act, was created in order to equalize educational opportunities and resources for disadvantaged children.

What current issues are affecting equal opportunity in education today?

*Affirmative action

* Teacher unions continue to fight school of choice, which means that families are prevented from sending their child to school which may offer better opportunity to their ...

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