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Engel v. Vitale
In this U.S. Supreme Court case, it ruled that enforcing an official prayer will not be allowed in public schools since it violated the First Amendment. It impacts multicultural education because it allowed other students with different religious beliefs to say their own prayers in a safe environment. It gave students the ability to practice their religious beliefs without any repercussions from the school. -
The Civil Rights Act
This law forbids any discrimination that includes, but not limited to, race, age, color, sex, religion, and etc. This has impacted multicultural education because it desegregated schools that used to prohibit different colored individuals from coming into contact. It allows students of all backgrounds to come together and to finally have the same opportunities for their education. -
Mills v. the Board of Education of Washington, D.C.
It was a case that forbids schools from denying students with disabilities to obtain an education. This law enforced that the schools must find a way to provide an adequate education for these students, which is known as special education. This impacts multicultural education because it allows all students from different backgrounds the ability to pursue an education when they have disabilities. -
Case of Lau v. Nichols
In this case, the San Francisco School District failed to provide English language instructions to Chinese-American Students who were experiencing difficulty with the English language. The U.S. Supreme Court determined this was a violation of the Civil Rights of 1964 and required school districts to provide English learning services to all student. This impacted multicultural education because it provides students with limited English proficiency an equal opportunity to obtain an education. -
Plyler v. Doe
U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Texas law to deny undocumented children access to public education violated the 14th Amendment. This impacted multicultural education because it allowed students who were undocumented to thrive well for their education with no repercussions from the state. It gave the undocumented children a chance to obtain an education. -
Board of Education v. Pico
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that books were not to be removed from a public school library due to the offensive content. It impacts multicultural education because it allows these students to have access to books that were not heavily focused on American values. This allowed students to have access to books that contained information about other cultures. -
Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)
This act, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, allowed a reform to increase the poorly funded service for bilingual and immigrant education. This impacted multicultural education by allowing students who were bilingual and immigrants an opportunity to have the resources needed to be funded by the states. This prevented students from not being able to obtain an education from a lack of funding. -
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
This act provided an estimate of more than 90-billion dollars in funding for education. This funding prevented the layoffs of teachers in public schools. This impacts multicultural education because the funding allowed teachers to keep their jobs to teach students who are in dire need of an education. This allowed many students to go to school knowing that they will be provided an education. -
"Too-Much-Testing" Movement
President Obama realizes that schools are more concerned with the standardized testing results over the well being of their students. Obama calls out for a plan to limit the time used up by standardized testing to 2% of class time. This impacts multicultural education by allowing students to be able to use the extra time spared from standardized testing to learn something productive and useful. It reduces the stress that many students face when taking a standardized test. -
Allowing Transgender Students Access to Bathrooms
Obama administration decides to enforce a rule to allow transgender students to have access to bathrooms upon their gender identity. If schools were unable to comply, lawsuits or the lose of federal aid will be taken into action. This impacts multicultural education because it gives transgender students an opportunity to be in a learning environment where they feel accepted to be their true selves.
