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First bilingual and bi-cultural school in the United States to operate
As a result of the Cuban Revolution, Miami received a large influx of immigrant children. This allowed for the first bilingual and bi-cultural school in the nation to come into existence. This event impacted multicultural education for many reasons. The most significant one was the fact that the Civil Rights Movement was still going on. Given the fact that only three years prior to Ruby Bridges was the first African American to attend an all-white school. -
The Civil Rights Act
The civil rights act becomes law. This law prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender and national origin. With the passing of this law also came the desegregation of schools. This allowed the classrooms to be multicultural. You had children from different backgrounds learning, and co-existing. -
Immigration act of 1965
The 1965 immigration act was passed. There was an influx of immigration from Latin American countries and Asian countries. Before the enactment of the law, there was less migration from these regions of the world. The result of it was more diversity in the country and schools as well. -
The Indian Education Act
This law was inclusive of American Indians and Alaska Natives. It had an impact on multicultural education because it recognized the cultural diversity within this group and the different ways they learned. It emphasized the different languages and learning styles that the group had. -
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act
This guaranteed students who had limited English language capabilities the same opportunities as those who spoke English. I feel like this had an impact on multicultural education because it made sure that those who spoke English as a second language where not being left behind. -
Public Law 94-142
The passing of the law guaranteed that students with disabilities had the same access to education. It became inclusive of those with special needs a well. It was a victory for multicultural education since it improved the educational system for those who had disabilities. -
National Association of Bilingual Education
This association helps provide teachers that are bilingual. Therefore catering to children who are culturally diverse, and that speak languages other than English. In my opinion, it contributes to multicultural education because we are now including different perspectives and languages in the curriculum. -
Immigration and Nationality Act
This act allowed the annual immigration to be up to 700,000 annually. This lead to an even greater amount of diversity in the nation and schools. Out of the visas that were provided 55,000 were designated for countries that had sent less immigrant to the US. It had a huge impact on multicultural education because we now had diverse populations from other parts of the world that we did not have before. -
Multicultural Education, Transformative Knowledge and Action
The book adds to the momentum of multicultural education. Not only is multiculturalism being incorporated in education, now there is literature that talks about the subject and the beginnings of the subject. -
Demographic Milestone
Minority students enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12th grade outnumber Caucasian students. This has a huge impact on multicultural education given the fact that there are more people of color enrolled in public schools. Therefore there is a lot of diversity, cultural backgrounds, and learning styles in the classrooms.
