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social science subjects > education > education studies > education policy > Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act  

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  • The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) was passed by Congress and signed into law on April 11, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson, with his childhood teacher, Kate Deadrich, by his side. ESEA was ambitious legislation crucial to Johnson's Great Society policy— reducing poverty through education and lifting the poor to the middle class. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Elementary and Secondary Education Act]

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