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Ohio becomes the first state to pass a bilingual education law so that German students could attend class with English-speaking students.
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Louisiana enacts bilingual provisions in eduction for French and English students
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New Mexico Terribtory enacts bilingual education laws for Spanish and English-speaking students.
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At least 600,000 students were receiving all or part of their education in German. Up until recent years, German was the primary immigrant language.
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WWI starts, causing distrust of non-English speakers. Most of the states created English-only education laws.
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The English only restrictions are deemed unconstitutional. Bilingual schooling is still mostly dismantled.
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The US drops the quota system. The Elementary and Secondary Education act incorporates transitional bilingual education programs.
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The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 is passed during a time of growing immigration and the civil rights movement.
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Legal and illegal immigrants keep flocking to America, representing even more dialects in U.S. schools.
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5.5 million students are English language learners. That's a 100% increase from the 1990s.
