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Cuban immigrant children arriving in Miami after the Cuban revolution
After the Cuban revolution, many refugees flew to Miami for safty. In response to that the Coral Way Elementary School was the first public school that is bicultural and bilingual -
civil rights Act
On 1964 civil rights act and labor law became prohibited discrimination based on race, color, and nation region. This was really good for foreign students to help them to go to school without being afraid of getting bullied or treating them diffrently. -
Bilingual Education Act
In 1968, the congress had declared an approval to fund bilingual education. As a result, the bilingual students had access to the curcillum, exams, and all the student resources in a way they can understand. -
Diana v. California State Board
In 1970, Diana argued that Mexican-American students scored low EMR, because they were unable to comprehend the materials because of language differences. As a result, the students were to be tested in their primary language in addition to English. -
Case of Lau v. Nichols
In this case, the Supreme court states that the San Francisco School District violated the civil right act. As the district didn't provide help for the Chinese-American students with limited english professiency -
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
This act was a major step as it changed the public education for the better. As before that U.S didn't provide equal educational opportunities for everyone. It prohibited discrimination in schools based on color, sex, and race. -
National Association of Bilingual Education
The NABE was found to create programs, policies, and researchers to improve the education of ELs. The NABE demonstrate tha educators can learn to effectively cross-cultural. -
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990
The act made a minor change to the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it fair and better. It increasses annual immigration to 700,000 which caused diversity in the schools -
illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act of 1996
The act was to strengthen and support the U.S immigration laws and form penalties on undocumented immigrants who do crimes. This law prohibited states to give in state tution for undcomented immigrants -
Proposition 227,
In 1998, California passed the proposition 227 that all instructions in school should be in English, that faced many challenges. For example, legal challenges by the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund and other parties.
