History of Multicultural Education

  • Association for Children with Learning Disabilties is Formed

    Association for Children with Learning Disabilties is Formed
    The Association for Children with Learning Disabilities is an early step towards awareness of disabilities. It becomes easier to address a cause when it has a name.
  • Coral Way Elementary School

    Coral Way Elementary School
    Coral Way Elementary School saw a need for a new curriculum when there was an increase in Cuban students. They became the first school in the United States to be bilingual and bi cultural.
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    Elementary and Secondary Education Act
    The Education and Secondary Education Act supported low income families. It led to the initiation of new educational programs.
  • Bilingual Education Act

    Bilingual Education Act
    The Bilingual Education Act shows a change in thinking in terms of multicultural education. Later becomes the No Child Left Behind Act.
  • Indian Education Act

    Indian Education Act
    The Indian Education Act was put in place to address the needs of Native Americans. This law brought the minority race of Native Americans a more inclusive experience.
  • Rehabilitation Act

    Rehabilitation Act
    The Rehabilitation Act protects the rights of those with disabilities. Encourages schools to be more inclusive of those with disabilities.
  • Case of Lau and Nicholas

    Case of Lau and Nicholas
    Fought for the inclusion of non English speaks in the curriculum.
  • The Education of all Handicap Children Act

    The Education of all Handicap Children Act
    The Education of all Handicap Children Act became law. It protected handicap children's education.
  • Multicultural Education: Transformartive Knowledge and Action

    Multicultural Education: Transformartive Knowledge and Action
    James Bank's book is published. Adds to the available literature on multicultural education.
  • Demographic Milestone

    Demographic Milestone
    A demographic milestone is reached when minority students in k-12 public schools outweigh non Hispanic Caucasians.