History of Multicultural Education

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  • The formation of Learning Disabilities Association of America

    The formation of Learning Disabilities Association of America
    Samuel A. Kirk research on exceptional children and uses term “learning disability” at a Chicago conference on children with perceptual disorders. After that, the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities is formed, now they called “Learning Disabilities Association of America.
  • Start and against “open education”

    Start and against “open education”
    Open education is emphasizing student should produce and share knowledge, built skills and understanding. Open education was promoted by Herbert R. Kohl’s book “The Open Classroom”, but in 1970s conservative against open education
  • The education of children who has mental retardation

    The education of children who has mental retardation
    A lawsuit Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania overturn Pennsylvania law and the federal court agreed to provide a free public education for children who has mental retardation.
  • E-Book

    E-Book
    Michael Hart is the investor of the e-book. He is also founder of Project Guteenberg, which offers over 49000 free e-books.
  • Electronic hand-held calculator—TI-2500 Data Math

    Electronic hand-held calculator—TI-2500 Data Math
    TI was built by the Eugene McDermott, Erik Jonsson, Cecil Green and Pat Haggerty and taxes intruments introduces TI-2500 Data Math in 1972.
  • Children’s Defense Fund

    Children’s Defense Fund
    The Children’s Defense Fund is funded by Marian Wright Edelman. This organization is ensuring every child can have healthy, fair, safe and moral. Help and pay particular attention to all children, especially who is poor or cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves.
  • Madeline C. Hunter’s teaching model

    Madeline C. Hunter’s teaching model
    After Mastery teaching by Madeline C. hunter was published, the teaching model is widely used for teacher, especially the beginning teacher.
  • “Online campus” established by University of Phoenix

    “Online campus” established by University of Phoenix
    University of Phoenix is the first university offer online bachelor’s and master’s degrees, it established “online campus”. Until now, it has over 25 years of experience in online education. It becomes the “largest private university in North America”.
  • The fist online high school

    The fist online high school
    Compuhigh is built 1994, it has provided an accredited online high school with diploma program and courses. They accept students enroll any time of the year and start immediately. This is the first online high school.
  • All public school instruction be in English

    All public school instruction be in English
    Four separate federal judges had upheld and pass proposition 227. It requires that all public school instruction have to be in English.