Education Policy: Research: Historical Overview:
Federal Education Policy and the States, 1945-2009
The Ford Years
Special Education Laws - 1966-1972
Special Education - P.L. 94-142
Legislative History - P.L. 94-142
Footnotes: The PDF version of this essay contains extensive footnotes that include numerous citations and supplementary text. For ease of reading, the footnotes are omitted from this version.
Organizations: Links to many of the organizations mentioned in this essay.
To view snapshots of the political context for the education policy,
organized by administration, see Education
Policymakers. For the Ford administration, see 1974-1976.
