Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) enacted in 1965 in the United States may be referenced as the most landmark federal funding legislation for K-12 education, primarily carried out to promote equal access to educational resources and opportunities for children from low-income families via funding of textbooks, instructional materials, and other for public and private elementary and secondary schools. Another part assigned to the ESEA is research money allocated to the U.S. Department of Education. As a part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's plan, the "War on Poverty" initiative to redress educational injustices, the ESEA acknowledged that a financial deficit could be a detrimental …show more content…
The Act was nurtured on the belief that the education system is the pod that hatches the success of the nation's economy, breaking from class distinctions and having no workforce shortages on the job due to skills gaps. The HEA's responsibility for disbursing funding and help plays the role of an intangible leveler, such that people of any economic status can now have the capability to study more advanced educational courses. No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001 was an ESEA reauthorization that was designed to raise learning levels and reduce achievement gaps by stipulating conditions that schools should as fulfilling, annual standardized testing requirements with the risk of result being restructuring or loss of funding for schools that would fail to meet the grading. The NCLB was created in response to education quality and persistent achievement gap issues, with the purpose of raising academic standards, increasing accountability, and putting every student, despite their background, in a position to receive a high-quality