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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 created the first bilingual and bicultural education program for both English and Spanish speaking students. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The act prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
It eliminated national origin, race, and ancestry as basis for immigration. This act helped make American classrooms more diverse. -
Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974
This act prohibits discrimination and requires schools to take action to overcome barriers to students equal participation. -
The National Association of Bilingual Education
National Association of Bilingual Education is a non-profit membership organization that works to advocate for educational equity and excellence for bilingual students. -
Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a state statute denying funding for education to unauthorized immigrant children and simultaneously struck down a municipal school district's attempt to charge unauthorized immigrants an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each undocumented immigrant student to compensate for the lost state funding. -
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990
This bill increased the annual immigration to 700,000 for two years and after that it was 675,000 per year. It provided families with immigration visa. It also created five distinct employment based visas. -
Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge and Action
In Multicultural Education, author Jame Bank talks about the ways in which the current multicultural education movement is both connected to and is a continuation of earlier movements. This book helped expend scholarships in regards to multiculturalism in education. -
Supreme Court ruling
This ruling involved two cases. The first case was, Parents involved in Community Schools vs Seattle School District No 1 and the second case was Meredith vs Jefferson County Board of Education. It was a 5-4 vote in both cases.The supreme court ruled that race cannot be a factor when picking schools for students. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the plurality opinion that, "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race". -
Demograpic milestone reached
For the first time, the majority of students that are enrolled in K-12 education are minorities.
