Multicultural Education

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    Multicultural Education Timespan

  • Samuel A. Kirk uses the term "learning disability"

    Samuel A. Kirk uses the term "learning disability"
    "Samuel A. Kirk uses the term "learning disability" at a Chicago conference on children with perceptual disorders. The term sticks, and in 1964, the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, now the Learning Disabilities Association of America, is formed. Today, nearly one-half of all students in the U.S. who receive special education have been identified as having learning disabilities." (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline, 2016)
  • First bilingual and bicultural public school in the United States.

    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." (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline, 2016)
  • The Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act
    "The Civil Rights Act becomes law. It prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin." (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline, 2016)
  • The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study

    The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study
    " 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."
  • The Equal Educational Opportunities Act

    The Equal Educational Opportunities Act
    "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.." (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline, 2016)
  • The Indian Education Act

    The Indian Education Act
    "The Indian Education Act becomes law and establishes "a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students" (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline, 2016)
  • The Refugee Act of 1980

    The Refugee Act of 1980
    " The Refugee Act of 1980 is signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on March 18th. Building on the Immigration Act of 1965, it reforms immigration law to admit refugees for humanitarian reasons and results in the resettlement of more than three-million refugees in the United States including many children who bring special needs and issues to their classrooms."
  • The Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)

    The Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)
    "The Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) is signed into law by President Bill Clinton on January 25th. It. reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965 and includes reforms for Title I; increased funding for bilingual and immigrant education; and provisions for public charter schools, drop-out prevention, and educational technology." (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline, 2016)
  • Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge and Action,

    Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge and Action,
    "James Banks' book, Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge and Action, makes an important contribution to the growing body of scholarship regarding multiculturalism in education.." (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline, 2016)
  • Demographic milestone

    Demographic milestone
    "As schools open this fall, a demographic milestone is reached: minority students enrolled in K-12 public school classrooms outnumber non-Hispanic Caucasians." (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline, 2016)