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Engle vs. Vitale
This case was made under the issue that nondenominational school prayer was being made mandatory. The case was ruled that the prayer goes against the first amendment because of the Government can't interfere with religion. This made an impact on multicultural education because it allowed students of different culture and who had different religious views not have to participate in something that went against their culture. -
Lyndon B Johnson Signs Immigration Act of 1965
The Immigration Act of 1965, also known as Hart-Cellar Act. This act abolished the restriction on the amount of immigrants allowed into the United States by basing admission on national origin. Now, the restriction on allowing immigrants would be based reuniting immigrant families, impacting multicultural education by creating an act that would allow more immigrant children to go to school in the U.S.A. Thus, making classrooms more diverse. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Pennsylvania
PARC sued and created this case in the response of state law that stated Pennsylvania was allowed to deny free public education to children, specifically those children who are mentally younger than 5. This case ruled over and impacted multicultural education by allowing students of mental health and illnesses to be subjected to free education, no matter their mental state. -
The American Indian Education Act
This act came into law in 1972 and established "a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students". Impacting multicultural education by recognizing that American Indian and Alaskan students required special educational and cultural needs that previously were not met. -
Lau vs. Nichols
In the Lau vs Nichols case, the U.S. Supreme court ruled that the San Francisco School District failure to provide English language instruction to Chinese is against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This case impacted multicultural education by requiring school districts to provide equal opportunities to all students even if they do not speak English. -
Federal Judge Arthur Garrity Orders Busing In Order To Integrate Public Schools
This event helped multicultural education by furthering integration of public schools in Boston, MA. This allowing African-American students to attend prominently white public schools. White parents protest in reaction to the order by Arthur Garrity. -
Equal Educational Opportunities Act 1974
This act impacted multicultural education tremendously by making it illegal to discriminate against faculty and students. The act allowed for a truly diverse and equal classroom. -
1990 Immigration and Nationality Act
The 1990 Immigration and Nationality Act was signed into law by President George Bush. This act was enacted to reform the previous 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. It impacted multicultural education by allowing 700,000 new immigrants annually into the U.S. and creating an even more diverse classroom. -
California Voters Pass Proposition 187
The people of California voted to pass Proposition 187 which denied public education to undocumented aliens in the state of California. This impacted multicultural education negatively by making education to undocumented aliens unavailable and ultimately making classrooms less diverse. Eventually this is overturned by the ACLU with the help of other organizations. -
Chicago Board of Education Closes Schools
Chicago Board of Education votes to close 50 schools due to lack of funding. This is the largest mass closing of schools ever recorded. This impacted negatively multicultural education because it actually reduced the quality of education for the low-income children of Chicago. Not only did it reduce the quality it made it harder for low-income Chicago students get to school.
