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First Bilingual and Bi-cultural Public School
Coral Way Elementary School becomes the first bilingual and bi-cultural public school after the Cuban Revolution. A large number of Cuban immigrants came to Miami after the Cuban Revolution, and were able to enroll in school and gain an education. This is a huge step in Multicultural Education because it is the first time we have a school that accepts multiple races. It is also huge that the school progressed into being bilingual for the good of the students. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act becomes a law. This law prohibits discrimination against a person because of their race, religion, sex, etc. Now this does not directly relate to education, but it does greatly affect it. By passing this law, it becomes harder to deny someone access to a public school. It gives many more children the opportunity to apply for school. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Lyndon Johnson passed this act that helps low-income families by providing them with federal funding. This helped boost educational programs such as Title I and bilingual education. Providing low-income families with funding helped many more students stay in school, and also helped make the schools more diverse, since in that time most of the low-income families were minority groups. -
Immigration Act of 1965
This act was also passed by Lyndon Johnson. This act made it easier for Asians and Latin Americans to immigrate to America. It helped the education system because it introduced a much higher population of certain cultures. Now schools were subject to having many different groups of religion, race, and customs. -
The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study
This stated that African American students were benefiting from attending integrated schools. This had a chain reaction to push a movement for desegregating school buses. This pushes to break down the barrier of students even more, and push acceptance. -
Bilingual Education Act
The Bilingual Education Act was put in place to help students whose native language was not English, by putting them in separate classes to be taught in their native language. This act was eventually repealed and replaced by the No Child Left Behind Act. This law had a lot of controversy over it saying that it just further segregates students. This is still a step for the educational system because it was something they tried to do to accommodate students, and they were able to learn from it. -
PARC vs. Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children vs. Pennsylvania resulted in free public education for students with mental retardation. While mentally disabilities maybe does not fall under the 'multicultural' category, it still is a group of people that can be discriminated against. This act still helps make schools more diverse and promotes acceptance of people who are not the same as you. -
Title IX
Title IX prohibits the discrimination between sexes in the educational system. Most relate this to sports because that is when it is most predominately used, but it protects women in all aspects. Women are now allowed to pursue anything that men can in education which includes, sports, certain curriculum subjects, etc. -
Dartmouth Accepts Women
Dartmouth was the last Ivy League school to finally accept women. This is a huge move for women. Now women are seen as being intelligent enough to be in class with men, and they can pursue any career men can. -
Indian Education Act
The Indian Education Act was put in place to protect and accommodate the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Students. This act ensures that students of these races are taken care of and their cultural and language needs are being met. Recognizing that certain accommodations needed to be made and ensuring that they are getting the best educational experience about their own history is a push towards inclusive education.
