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The first bilingual and bicultural public school in the United States.
In response to the large number of Cuban immigrant children arriving in Miami after the Cuban Revolution, Coral Way Elementary School starts the first bilingual and bicultural public school in the United States. -
The Civil Right Act becomes law.
The Civil Rights Act becomes law. It prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. After that, The Civil Right Acts was expanded to bring disabled Americans, the elderly and women in collegiate athletics under its umbrella. -
Coleman report is conducted.
The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study, often called the Coleman Report because of its primary author James S. Coleman, is conducted in response to provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Its conclusion that African American children benefit from attending integrated schools sets the stage for school "busing" to achieve desegregation. -
Bilingual act
The Bilingual Education Act, also know as Title VII, becomes law. It was the first piece of United States federal legislation that recognized the needs of Limited English Speaking Ability (LESA) students. After many years of controversy, the law is repealed in 2002 and replaced by the No Child Left Behind Act. -
The Indian Education Act becomes law.
The Indian Education Act becomes law and establishes "a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students". It also established the Office of Indian Education and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education, and provided federal funds for American Indian and Alaska Native education at all grade levels. -
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act is passed.
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act is passed. It prohibits discrimination and requires schools to take action to overcome barriers which prevent equal protection. The legislation has been particularly important in protecting the rights of students with limited English proficiency.. -
UNESCO General Assembly
The UNESCO General Assembly in 1974 was the second assembly which Japan attended. In this Assembly, "The Recommendations Concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" was adopted. The Ministry of Education followed the concept and revised the government course guidline in 1979. -
The National Association of Bilingual Education is founded.
The National Association of Bilingual Education(NABE) is founded. This association is a non-profit membership organization that works to ensure that language-minority students have equal opportunities to learn English and succeed academically. -
International Communication Association was founded.
The International Communication Association was founded for the first time in Yokohama. The city of Yokohama has been the most populous city with foreign residents (Especially immigrants from China, Korea, and Brazil) for a long time. This association was followed as Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges (YOKE) today. -
International Baccalaureate was officially adopted.
The Ministry of Education officially accepted that students who aqcuired International Baccalaureate in an overseas country meet the requirement to have an entrance exam to enter a university in Japan. This change helps Japanese students of overseas country who hope to come back to Japan to enter a university in Japan. -
The Emergency Immigrant Education Act is enacted.
The Emergency Immigrant Education Act (EIEA) is enacted to provide services and offset the costs for school districts that have unexpectedly large numbers of immigrant students. Its purpose is to assist State education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) in providing supplementary educational services and offsetting costs for immigrant children enrolled in elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools. -
The Immigration and Nationality Act is enacted.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990, the first comprehensive reform since 1965, is enacted and increases annual immigration to 700,000 adding to the diversity of our nation and its schools. Specific aspects of the law provide for family-sponsored visas; employment-based visas for priority workers, skilled workers, and "advanced professionals"; and 55,000 diversity visas "allocated to natives of a country that has sent fewer than 50,000 immigrants to the United States, -
International Development Education Forum was held
The International Development Education Forum was held at Kanagawa, Japan. In this forum, the concept of "Multicultural Education" was officially introduced for the first time in Japanese Education and "The Declaration of Global Citizen" was adopted. This forum was the beginning of "Multicultural Education" in Japan.
* This picture was taken at the International Development Education Forum in Tokyo in 2010. -
Multicultural Center was inaugurated.
After the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the Multicultural Center was inaugurated for foreign residents of Japan. People reflected upon many troubles which was caused by lack of preparation for interaction with foreign people, and use them to make Japanese society better for foreign people. -
"International understanding" was adopted in public education.
The Japanese government course guidline for teachers was revised. In the new guidline, the valid unit of "International Understanding" became compulsory in the Period of Interrated Study in public school education, It will help students to have understanding for people who have different cultural backgrounds. -
JICA was inaugrated.
The Foreign Ministry officially inaugrated JICA, Japan International Cooperation Agency in 2004. This Agency supports Official Development Assistance (ODA) for developing countries, and it has four missions such as reducing poverty and achieving human security, and four main strategies to achieve them. Nowadays JICA is popular among young Japanese people who hope to work internationally and help people who are suffered in developing country. -
"Multicultural Society Promoting Program" officially started.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications officialy started a new program "Multicultural society promoting program" to support residents of Japan with multicultural backgrounds. This program includes many policies and plans to help those people with developing laws, building community schools, and so on. -
Compulsory foreign-language lessons in all elementary school.
The Ministry of Education announced that all elementary schools in Japan must introduce compulsory foreign-language lessons for students. According to this announcement, all elementary schools must complete preparing for teaching English to fifth and sixth grade students by 2018. Knowing English will help Japanese students understand international culture. -
No Child Left Behind
President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. Department of Education is inviting each State educational agency to request flexibility regarding some requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. -
ESD UNESCO Conference in Aichi and Okayama, Japan.
The ESD UNESCO Conference was held in both Aichi and Okayama in Japan. Representives and students from all over the world joined this conference and some important statements were adopted such as "Okayama Declaration of the UNESCO Associated school in Japan", which will help Japanese students to understand ESD and international understanding.
