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Shaping Multicultural Education
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First Bilingual and Bicultural Public School in US
Coral Way Elementary School becomes the first bilingual and bicultural public school in the United States in response to the flood of Cuban immigrants in Miami after the Cuban Revolution. -
1964 Civil Rights Act
On July 2, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 becomes law, making discrimination illegal on the basis of race, color, sex, religion or national origin. The Civil Right Movement led to the desegregation of schools and the advancement of multicultural integration due to the integration of white and black students. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act is signed into law, giving federal funds to aid low-income students. The law leads to more educational programs that advances multicultural education such as Title I and bilingual education. -
Project Head Start
Project Head Start starts a summer program aimed at providing children from low-income families preschool education. It gives poor children similar opportunities that would have been reserved for higher-income children. -
Immigration Act of 1965
The Immigration Act of 1965, or the Hart-Cellar Act is signed into Law, abolishing a former quota system and allowing massive numbers of Asians and Latin Americans immigrating to the United States. It results in more Asian and Latinos in the classroom, creating more diversity and advancing multiculturalism in schools. -
The Indian Education Act
The Indian Education Act is signed into law to establish "a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students." The law helps students with American Indian and Alaska Native ethnicity receive a multicultural education. -
Title IX of the Education Amendements of 1972
Title IX of the Edducation Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in education. Though associated with girl's and women's sports, Tite IX advances women's causes in the classroom and inpacts multicultural education, in respect to gender. -
Case of Lau vs. Nichols
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that San Francisco School District violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by not providing English language instruction to Chinese-American students with limited English proficiency, The ruling leads to the requirments that school districts must provide equal opportunities to all students, including students with no English-speaking skills. -
The Education of All Handicapped Children Act
The Education of All Handicapped Children Act becomes law, requiring suitable public education to handicapped children and to be in the least restrictive setting. -
The Refugee Act of 1980
The Refugee Act of 1980 transforms the immigration system to allow refugees into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons. The resettlement of more that three million people in the United States brings countless children into school classroom with special needs and issues.
