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Murray vs. Curlett case
This court case established that passages of the bible were not allowed to be required to be read at school. This opened up public schools to the idea that they were to be religiously diverse. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act becomes law in 1964. This prohibits discrimination based on religion, race, and gender. It sparks the transformation of discrimination in schools -
PARC vs. Pennsylvania
The federal court granted students with mental retardation the right to a free public education. It is now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act -
Title IV
Title IV becomes law. Title IV guaranteed equal opportunity for women in high school and collegiate sports. It also prohibited any discrimination based on sex at any level of education -
Refugee Act of 1980
The Refugee Act of 1980 brought in millions of Refugees to the United States classrooms. These people brought different cultural backgrounds to public schools all over the U.S. -
Emergency Immigrant Education Act
This act helped provide services and funding to schools and school districts with large increases in immigrants. -
Teach for America
Teach for America is formed, helping put strong teachers in inner-city schools. This program is designed to help teach kids to be leaders in society, and to help improve our education system overall. -
Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge & Action
James Banks introduces his new book, and makes a significant impact to scholarship regarding multiculturalism in school -
Change in Higher Education Act
The Higher Education Act is amended, and increase the amount of funds it grants to graduate students. This was aimed to help students in the lower to middle-class -
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
Provided over 90 million dollars to school districts across the U.S. It was put in to action shortly after O'bama Was elected.
