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First grader Ruby Bridges is the first African American to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Parents remove their children from the school.
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Coral Way Elementary School starts the first bilingual and bi-cultural public school in the United States.
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The Civil Rights Act becomes law. It prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
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Project Head Start, a preschool education program for children from low-income families, begins as an eight-week summer program.
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act is passed, it provides federal funds to help low-income students, which results in the initiation of educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education.
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Lyndon Johnson signs the Immigration Act of 1965. It abolishes the National Origins Formula and results in unprecedented numbers of Asians and Latin Americans immigrating to the United States, making America's classrooms much more diverse.
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The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study, Its conclusion that African American children benefit from attending integrated schools sets the stage for school "busing" to achieve desegregation.
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The Bilingual Education Act becomes law. After many years of controversy, the law is repealed in 2002 and replaced by the No Child Left Behind Act.
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McCarver Elementary School in Tacoma, Washington becomes the nation's first magnet school. Designed to attract a more diverse student body.
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The Equal Educational Opportunities Act is passed. It prohibits discrimination and requires schools to take action to overcome barriers which prevent equal protection.
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Federal Judge Arthur Garrity orders busing of African American students to predominantly white schools in order to achieve racial integration of public schools in Boston, MA.
