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Coral Way Bilingual Elementary School
The first bilingual and bicultural public school in the United States opened in Florida. This was a result of the multitudes of Cuban immigrant children coming into Miami following the Cuban Revolution. Both English and Spanish were used when teaching the children. Cuban culture was also taught and instilled into the children. This event has impacted multicultural education because Coral Way Bilingual Elementary School set a precinct for future schools to be bilingual and bicultural. -
Civil Rights Acts of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.This law ended segregation in public places. This event would become a huge milestone in multicultural education in several years after this law was put into place, as students with different cultural identities would soon be learning in a public school environment. -
The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study
The Equality of Education Opportunity Study, referred to as the Coleman Study, used a social survey to determine equal education opportunities to the public regardless of their race, color, religion, or national origin. The study found that African American children would benefit from going to desegregated schools. This impacted multicultural education as it set the standard for public school education to have inclusion. -
The Bilingual Education Act
Also referred to as Title VII, the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 was the first time in U.S. history where congress made it a law to provide funding for bilingual education. This impacted multicultural education as Congress was recognizing the need for the inclusion of different cultures in public schools, and making it a law to endorse funding. -
The "Monkey Trial"
The Supreme Court's decision in the Epperson v. Arkansas case made teaching evolution as unconstitutional in public schools. This event affects multicultural education as it is asserting the teaching of a dominant culture's beliefs to a culturally diverse population. -
Diana v. California State Board
The fight for multicultural education was impacted with the Diana v. California State Board, who's argument that a language barrier in standardized testing shouldn't be a determining factor for EMR. EMR stands for Educably Emotionally Retarded. This language barrier restricted children from the black and poor communities from receiving equal education opportunities. -
Indian Education Act
This act stresses inclusion of meeting the needs for children from different cultural backgrounds, such as the Native Americans and Alaska Native students. This affects multicultural education as this law required public schools to recognize that maintaining a culture's unique identity had favorable outcomes in the school system. -
Lau v. Nichols
The Lau v. Nichols case was when the Supreme Court found that the San Francisco School District violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when they failed to provide English language instruction to Chinese American students. These students were not proficient in the English language. This affects multicultural education because a part of one's culture, such as a language barrier, prevented Chinese students from receiving equal education opportunities. -
The Equal Education Opportunites Act
A historical moment for multicultural education and the United States education system, The Equal Education Opportunities Act of 1974 made public schools responsible for preventing any barriers that would keep a student from receiving equal education opportunities. This is regardless of cultural background. -
California Proposition 227
This was a proposition that was passed in 1998 in California, making it a law for all public school instruction to be in English. This limited LEP (Limited English Proficient) students, as most bilingual classes ceased. This impacted multicultural education as children from diverse cultural backgrounds were no longer receiving equal education opportunities.
