LYNDON B. JOHNSON Influence on Education

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LYNDON B. JOHNSONInfluence on Education

• By
• Lacey Back
• Emily Reagan
• Jennifer Walker

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The Early Years
Johnson 4 years old
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The Early Years

• Born August 27, 1908, near Johnson City Texas
• His mother highly valued education
• Johnson attended public school and received a
  B.S. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers
  College, in 1930.
• For one year Johnson taught grade
• school in Cotulla

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Politics

• 1931 Johnson was a secretary for a Democratic
  Texas Congressman.
• 1935 Johnson became a Texas administrator for the
  National Youth Administration.
• 1937-1949 Congressman.
• Johnson was also active in the Navy after Pearl
  Harbor.
• Elected to Senate in 1948

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Married in 1934 to Claudia Taylor and they had
two children.
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Presidency

• Elected Vice President in 1960, for JFK.
• 36th President of the United States, 1963-1969.
• Focuses were, Medicare, Education, and the War on
  Poverty.
• Nickname, LBJ

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• Education is not a problem, Education is an
  opportunity.
• LBJ

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

• Offered grants and services to schools serving
  low income areas
• Often referred to as Title I
• 12 of Kindergartners, 24 of 1st -6th graders
  are served by Title I programs.

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"No measure I have signed, or will ever sign,
means more to the future of America...." -Lyndon
B. Johnson
Johnson signs 1965 Act with 1st grade teacher
looking on.
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Bibliography

• http//gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/quickfac/36fj
  ohn.html
• http//www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760620.html
• http//fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/daniel_schugurensky/
  assignment1/1965elemsec.html
• http//www.murraystate.edu/qacd/chs/socwork/course
  s/char20U201020Civil20and20Welfare20Rights2
  0in20the20New20Reform20Era201960-68/sld025.ht
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• http//www.nps.gov/lyjo/junct.htm
• Teaching in America, Third Edition. George S.
  Morrison.