User talk:Lcwest

Welcome!
Hello, Lcwest, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with Wiki Education; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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Hello! Note about a recent edit (April 2021)
Hello Lcwest! Your additions to Education reform have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page or to reach out to your campus ambassador. Thank you. Dndlp (talk) 03:12, 16 April 2021 (UTC)



From Dndlp
Hello Lcwest! I noticed you're a student, so I'd like to provide a bit more detail besides the standard template. First of all, thanks for your edits on Education reform. You've done a wonderful job contributing. However, I've had to remove a portion of your contributions, because it was copied almost entirely from http://www.avoiceonline.org/edpol/timeline.html. Though laws are typically in the public domain, external annotations and summaries are often protected by copyright. In this case, it's not clear whether the publishers of that website have allowed public use. We have an obligation to respect copyright and can't copy directly from sites in this way. But since the laws you included are so important to education reform, I'd recommend taking a look at the laws themselves and summarizing them as best you can, or finding public domain summaries and integrating them appropriately. Please take a look at the above resources for further information, and if you have any questions, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again for your contributions to Wikipedia! Dndlp (talk) 03:23, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Lcwest Response to Dnldp
Thank you so much for your time and feedback. I'm really trying to do my best :) and I'm grateful that you are willing to guide me through the learning curve :) thank you Lcwest (talk) 09:48, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Follow up Question for Dnldp
@Dndlp is this okay to post? can you check my contributins on the live Education Reform page, please?

Under Civil Rights Era

Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-380) - Civil Rights Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965:

"Title I: Bilingual Education Act - Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Establishes, in the Office of Education, an Office of Bilingual Education through which the Commissioner of Education shall carry out his functions relating to bilingual education. Authorizes appropriations for school nutrition and health services, correction education services, and ethnic heritage studies centers.

Title II: Equal Educational Opportunities and the Transportation of Students: Equal Educational Opportunities Act - Provides that no state shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin by means of specified practices...

Title IV: Consolidation of Certain Education Programs: Authorizes appropriations for use in various education programs including libraries and learning resources, education for use of the metric system of measurement, gifted and talented children programs, community schools, career education, consumers' education, women's equity in education programs, and arts in education programs.

Community Schools Act - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to local educational agencies to assist in planning, establishing, expanding, and operating community education programs

Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes the Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs and sets forth the composition of such Council. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and individuals for activities designed to provide educational equity for women in the United States.

Title V: Education Administration: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)- Provides that no funds shall be made available under the General Education Provisions Act to any State or local educational agency or educational institution which denies or prevents the parents of students to inspect and review all records and files regarding their children.

Title VII: National Reading Improvement Program: Authorizes the Commissioner to contract with State or local educational agencies for the carrying out by such agencies, in schools having large numbers of children with reading deficiencies, of demonstration projects involving the use of innovative methods, systems, materials, or programs which show promise of overcoming such reading deficiencies.[20]"

Hello! Note from Lauren Loisel
Hi Lauren. I just peer reviewed your article and was very impressed especially by your neutrality. Keep up the good work. Luliloisel (talk) 00:04, 24 April 2021 (UTC)