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First Bilingual and Bi-cultural Public School in the U.S.
Due to the increase of Cuban immigrants entering Miami around 1959, school officials had no choice but to support bilingual teaching methods. Coral Way Elementary was the very first school to offer a bilingual program to its students. Every student would have to learn English and Spanish. Sometimes they would only be allowed to speak English during the first half of the day and Spanish for the other half of the day. -
Equality of Educational Opportunity Study
The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study was commisioned by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. It fought to allow students the ability to receive equal educational opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, and national origin. This study was mainly focused on 1st, 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th-grade students. Every student took the tests regardless of race as well as the students to see how students performance vary from student to student. -
Bilingual Education Act
With the support of Congress funding The Bilingual Program, this act supported the funding for bilingual education which forced schools to do so if they haven't already. It protected any student who didn't know English as their first language the opportunity to be taught regardless if all the studies were taught in English. -
Indian Education Act
This act focused on changing the teaching styles for Native American and Alaska Native students. This is the only Federal Indian Education legislation that deals with American Indian education that supports pre-school teachings all the up to graduate level education. Offering competitive grants for Native Americans and Alaska Native students. -
Case of Lau v. Nichols
The San Francisco school system refused to teach English to over 1,800 Chinese students who did not know how to speak English. The case reached the Supreme Court in which the decided the lack of English taught at the San Francisco school system as unconstitutional and violated the Civil Rights Act. -
National Association of Bilingual Education
The National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) was founded as a non-profit organization fighting for an equal learning opportunity for bilingual/multilingual student at a global level. They improved the quality of material bilingual students were taught as well as enforcing and monitoring schools to make sure they were actually following the bilingual education methods properly. -
The Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act
This act provided postsecondary funding for Native Americans on Native American reservations. As well as offering greater educational opportunities that were not present before to their families, tribes, and places of employement. -
Emergency Immigrant Education Program
This program helped provide additional educational services and pay for any additional cost that may take place to support school districts that encounter a large number of immigrant children. It was a last minute attempt to ensure that no immigrant child was denied equal learning opportunities just because a school's students capacity was at maximum capacity. This shows how the U.S. will go out and beyond to ensure all their students are provided equal learning opportunities. -
No Child Left Behind Act
This act specifically targeted students who had trouble excelling in their schooling curriculum. Specifically helping fund poor school districts with a high percentage of minority students. Also, placing a new rule to hold schools accountable for their student's performance. Standardize tests were required from 3rd to 8th grade that focused on reading and math questions. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Signed by President Obama, this act funded the U.S. Department of Commerce a hefty sum of $7.9 billion to create new jobs for Americans. This act added new educational opportunities and support school that were on the verge of receiving state and local budget cuts. It also raised Pell grants and tuition taxes to help younger students to attend college. Meaning that every student regardless of race or background could receive the same financial funding to attend a college of their choice.
