Education was also an important part of The Great Society, which helped improve the lives of the minorities up to today. “In 1964, 8 million American adults had not finished 5 years in school; more than 20 million had not finished eight years; and almost a quarter of the nation's population, around 54 million people, hadn't finished high school.” according to PBS.org. In order to improve education, LBJ passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act which gave federal funding for education The Act also established Head Start which was a preschool program made specifically to help students with disadvantages arrive to kindergarten prepared. The Higher Education Act was also passed, which created a National Teachers Corps and provided financial
