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The Bilingual Education Act becomes law
This law helped encourage those with minimal English knowledge to seek education. This helped increase education rates among those who did not speak english as a first language. It also promoted diversity in our schools. -
Marland Report to Congress
This helped transform how the education system classified and looked at "gifted" children. This changed how the education system treated this group of children and how it could challenge them. However, such a small budget was allocated to this group of youth, who have a shared culture of intelligence in comparison to some of their peers. It also established categories of giftedness and helped place those in the appropriate group, regardless of ethnicity and culture. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Title IX is still very relevant today and is in place in all ASU syllabi. It helps present against any gender discrimination and has assured for equal access and playing field for especially women. This ensured people from either gender are treated as fair as possible within educational systems. -
Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978
Jimmy Carter signed this act which helped offer community college assistance to Tribal community colleges. This helped increase the support and resources for these schools to ensure both access and quality of education, as there would be a greater opportunity to do so, especially considering the American Indians were an already marginalized population. This helped balance the playing field. -
Plyler v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a 5-4 decision
Plyer v Doe helped increase access to education for children with undocumented backgrounds. This helped improve access for these people of different cultures and helped create a more diverse group of school children who were being educated. -
A Nation at Risk is Published
A Nation at Risk set out to find reasoning that the US public school system was in disrepair. As what it was looking for, it found that the schools were in disrepair when in reality the data came from biased information. It skipped the fact that while the scores may have been on the decline, graduation rates were increasing and the US was producing a lot of high achieving students. This meant there was more access from students of all cultural backgrounds and income levels. -
University of Phoenix establishes their "online campus,"
This helped allow people with different work cultures and lifestyles obtain access to school without physically having to move to another place to obtain education. This helped transform the lives of many who sought for this more flexible type of work and increased access and inclusivity to a new class of educated people from all cultures, especially those who may have not had access due to socioeconomic and time constraints. -
Sandia Report Published
The Sandia Report helped clarify the finding of the study of "A Nation at Risk". It showed that the data was chosen to fit a select hypothesis, and did not show the true state of the American education system. In reality, there was an increase of enrollment and testing scores from students of all races, socioeconomic levels, an backgrounds. It was commisioned by the Secretary of Energy and was finally published -
Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)
This act helped improve the educational quality all students were receiving the the United States, This ensured equal education standards were met for all students, regardless of their situation and context. This shaped multicultural education by leveling the playing field and ensuring success of all children in US schools. -
the Chicago Board of Education votes to close 50 schools
This event showed that many schools were failing to meet standards, especially those in lower socioeconomic class neighborhoods. This triggered similar situations to occur around the US and reduced access to quality education by mainly minorities living in these neighborhoods.
