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Bilingualism began
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Manhattan
At least eighteen colonial Languages were spoken in Manhattan -
Germany
German schools began operating -
Cherokee Language Rights
U.S goverment recognized the language rights of the cherokee tribe . 21 school educational system that used the cherokee syllabary to achieve a 90 percent literacy rate in the native language. -
Schools are English only
The federal overment forces Native American children to attend off-reservation schools . -
Linked
In 1968 Congress authorized 7.5 million to finance seveenty-six bilingual education projects serving 27,000 children . -
Lau Remedies
Memorandum from the Office for Civil Rights mandated that school district with more that 5 percent national- origin minority children .HEW established some basic guidelines for schools with Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. Discontinued by the Reagan Administration. -
No Child Left Behind Act Title III
Federal funding is avaliable to support schools in educating English learners -
1973
In 1973, a group of English speaking Chinese students sued San Fransico Unified School District officials for claiming that 'sink or swim' instruction was a violation of their civil rights Title VI Act 1964.
