History of Multicultural Education

  • Learning Disabilities Association of America is Formed

    Learning Disabilities Association of America is Formed
    Organization that believes that every child with a learning disability can receive the support in school.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Prohibits discrimination against race, color, sex, religion.
  • Higher Education Act

    Provides ferderal aid to higher education students.
  • The Bilingual Education Act

    Federal funding provided for bilingual education programs
  • Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Pennsylvania
    Children with mental disabilities earned the right to have the same education as typical children
  • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

    Law prohibits discrimination against women in sports.
  • Education of All Handicapped Children Act

    Education of All Handicapped Children Act
    This act requires free and appropriate public education to fit the individual's needs and abilities.
  • Board of Education v. Pico

    Board of Education v. Pico
    U.S Supreme Court rules that school board administrators cannot remove books from school libraries that they would deem as offensive.
  • Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)

    Under President Clinton this bill requires increased funding for bilingual and immigrant education.
  • Minority Students Outnumber Non Caucasian Students

    As of the fall of 2014, the number of Latino, African American,and Asian students in grades K-12 surpassed the number of non Hispanic white students.