-
Engel v. Vitale
In the Engel v. Vitale case the U.S Supreme Court decided that New York state officials cannot come up with an official state prayer and have students recite it at the beginning of each school day in public school. This has impacted multicultural education because it prohibits prayer that may be contrary to an individual’s own beliefs, allowing for more diversity in a school. -
Coral Way Elementary School
After the Cuban Revolution a large amount of Cuban immigrant children arrived in Miami, to accommodate for these children Coral Way Elementary School starts the first bilingual and bicultural education program for both English and Spanish speakers in the U.S. This has impacted multicultural education because it allowed for two different groups of students to attend the same public school, and receive the same curriculum in English and in Spanish. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was the starting point in giving all children equal access to an exceptional education, regardless of the child’s financial background. This has impacted multicultural education because it gives children who are coming into the U.S from a different country with different cultural background and a lower income status the same shot at an exceptional education as a child who is well off, financially speaking. -
Diana v. California State Board
Diana v. California State Board was the case ruling in which a child who was referred to special education be tested for placement in their primary language. This has since impacted multicultural education because it allowed for a child who comes from a different cultural background with a different language an equal chance at placement testing for special education instead of simply putting him or her in a sped class just because he or she speaks a different primary language. -
Plyler v. Doe
In the Plyler v. Doe case the U.S Supreme court rules that school districts may not charge tuition to undocumented school-age children and that Texas law cannot deny access to public education for these children. This has impacted multicultural education because it allowed more children from different backgrounds to attend school for free regardless of their citizenship status as long as he or she was school age. -
Wallace v. Jaffree
In Wallace v. Jaffree, Jaffree father of 3 argued that the daily moment of silence at his children’s school in Alabama violated the 1st Amendment. The Court sided with Jaffree in a 6-3 decision. This has impacted multicultural education today because it excludes “the moment of silence” initially meant for small prayer, separating school and any type of forced religion action. Allowing for more diversity in the classrooms. -
CompuHigh Whitmorte
The first online school is created known as CompuHigh Whitmorte and in 2004 is accredited by NCA-CASI. Although the internet had not yet completely blossomed in 1994 CompuHigh Whitmorte started the idea of online school. Greatly impacting multicultural education today because the internet is now a place full of knowledge literally a click away, dozens of online high schools and colleges where students from around the world can interact with each other. -
Barack Obama
The first African American president is voted into office in the 2008 election. Barack Obama serves as the 44th president, this has since impacted multicultural education with his DACA policy because it allows for children who come from all over the world to the U.S illegally the chance to an education here in the states. -
1.1 Trillion Dollars
In 2014 President Obama signs a bill of 1.1 trillion dollars in efforts to restore some of the cuts made to federal education programs previously made. This has impacted multicultural education because this bill gave 14.4 billion dollars to Title 1 funding in hopes to raise the academic success. -
The Strike Ends
After going on strike for some days Arizona is finally given a teacher pay increase and a plan for school funding. This will help multicultural education because eventually, hopefully more states that are funded poorly act just like Arizona. More funding will create more classrooms with a more diverse group of students yet with lower ratios from students to teachers.
