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Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. However, all parents removed their kids from the classroom. -
Civil Right Act
Civil Right Act has become law, it prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin -
The elementary and secondary education act
which provides federal funds to help low-income students, which results in the initiation of education programs such as Title I or bilingual education. -
Bilingual Education Act
Congress legislated the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 in order to mandate schools to provide bilingual education programs. -
Dr. Martin Luther King
Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated from in Memphis, Tennessee. -
The National Association for Bilingual Education
Since 1975, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) has been a non-profit membership organization that works to advocate for educational equity and excellence for bilingual/multilingual students in a global society. -
Emergency Immigrant Education Program
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. -
No Child Left Behind Act
The controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is approved by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 8, 2002 -
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
On January 1, 2007, the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) became the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), joining the trend toward use of the term intellectual disability in place of mental retardation. -
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 provides more than 90-billion dollars for education, nearly half of which goes to local school districts to prevent layoffs and for school modernization and repair.
