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[[File:President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act - C148-92-WH65.jpg|thumb|Lyndon B. Johnson at the ESEA signing ceremony, with his childhood schoolteacher Ms. Kate Deadrich Loney]]
[[File:President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act - C148-92-WH65.jpg|thumb|Lyndon B. Johnson at the ESEA signing ceremony, with his childhood schoolteacher Ms. Kate Deadrich Loney]]
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The '''Elementary and Secondary Education Act''' ('''ESEA''') was passed by the [[89th United States Congress]] and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "[[War on Poverty]]", the act has been one of the most far-reaching laws affecting education passed by the [[United States Congress]], and was reauthorized by the [[No Child Left Behind Act|No Child Left Behind Act of 2001]].
The '''Elementary and Secondary Education Act''' ('''ESEA''') was passed by the [[89th United States Congress]] and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "[[War on Poverty]]", the act has been one of the most far-reaching laws affecting education passed by the [[United States Congress]], and was reauthorized by the [[No Child Left Behind Act|No Child Left Behind Act of 2001]].