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History of Multicultural Education

By EmmyBee
  • Reading Bible Passages and Recitation of Lord's Prayer in Public Schools is No Longer Allowed

    Reading Bible Passages and Recitation of Lord's Prayer in Public Schools is No Longer Allowed

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that reading bible passages and reciting the Lord's Prayer in public schools violates the First Amendment (even if individual students are excused from participating) in the Engel v. Vitale case, and reaffirms this.
  • First Bilingual and Bicultural Public School is Started in the U.S.

    First Bilingual and Bicultural Public School is Started in the U.S.

    Coral Way Elementary School starts the U.S' first bilingual and bicultural public school in repsonse to the influx of Cuban immigrant children coming to Miami after the Cuban Revolution.
  • Civil Rights Act is Passed as a Public Law

    Civil Rights Act is Passed as a Public Law

    Congress passes the Civil Rights Act as law which prohibits discrimiation based on race, religion, color, sex, and/ or national origin.
  • ESEA is Passed

    ESEA is Passed

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provided federal funds to aid low-income students which resulted in the making of other educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education.
  • Bilingual Education Act Becomes Law

    Bilingual Education Act Becomes Law

    The Bilingual Education Act, also Title VII, becomes law but causes controversy. It is later repealed in 2002 and replaced by The No Child Left Behind Act.
  • Indian Education Act Becomes Law

    Indian Education Act Becomes Law

    The Indian Education Act becomes law and creates an approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Students.
  • Title IX of Education Amendment Becomes Law

    Title IX of Education Amendment Becomes Law

    Prohibits discrimination based on sex in all areas of education including sports.
  • Emergency Immigration Act is Enacted

    Emergency Immigration Act is Enacted

    Provides services and offsets costs for school that have unexpected large numbers of immigrant students.
  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990

    Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990

    Increased annual immigration to 700,000 adding to diversity of the country and it's schools, and provided visas to specific individuals who met the criterion.
  • California Voters Pass Proposition 187

    California Voters Pass Proposition 187

    Prop. 187 denied benefits that included public education to undocumented immigrants in California. It was challenged and eventually overturned.
  • California Voters Pass Proposition 227

    California Voters Pass Proposition 227

    Required for all public school instruction to be in English. This law withstood legal challenges and was not overturned or repealed.
  • U.S. Supreme Court Rules Race Cannot Be a Factor in Assigning High Schools

    U.S. Supreme Court Rules Race Cannot Be a Factor in Assigning High Schools

    Rejected race integration plans in Seattle and Louisville, and possibly in other schools arounf the country.
  • Demographic Milestone is Reached

    Demographic Milestone is Reached

    Minority students enrolled in K-12 now out number non- HIspanic caucasion students in public school classrooms.
  • Higher Education Act is Ammended and Reauthorized

    Higher Education Act is Ammended and Reauthorized

    Expanded acces to higher education for low and middle income students, provided additional funds for graduate studies, and increased accountability.