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At least eighteen colonial Languages were spoken in Manhattan
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German schools began operating
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U.S goverment recognized the language rights of the cherokee tribe . 21 school educational system that used the cherokee syllabary to achieve a 90 percent literacy rate in the native language.
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The federal overment forces Native American children to attend off-reservation schools .
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In 1968 Congress authorized 7.5 million to finance seveenty-six bilingual education projects serving 27,000 children .
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Memorandum from the Office for Civil Rights mandated that school district with more that 5 percent national- origin minority children .HEW established some basic guidelines for schools with Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. Discontinued by the Reagan Administration.
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Federal funding is avaliable to support schools in educating English learners
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In 1973, a group of English speaking Chinese students sued San Fransico Unified School District officials for claiming that 'sink or swim' instruction was a violation of their civil rights Title VI Act 1964.
