History of Multicultural Education

By Mary Trigsted

  • First Bilingual School

    First Bilingual School
    Following the Cuban Revolution, mass amounts of Cuban children arrived in America. Coral Way Elementary introduces America to the first public bilingual school.

  • Immigration Act of 1965

    Immigration Act of 1965
    President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration Act of 1965. The purpose what to rid of the National Origins Formula which was a quota system to maintain certain percentages of ethnicities within The United States. The result of the signing results in larger numbers of Asians and Latin Americans immigrating into The US, and therefore American schools became much more diverse.

  • Indian Education Act

    Indian Education Act
    In 1972 the Indian Education Act was put into place. The act ensured to make the American education system aware that American Indians as well as Alaska native students have special needs regarding their education such as specific language needs as well as beliefs that need to be honored within the school system.

  • Busing of African American Students

    Busing of African American Students
    In 1974, Judge Garrity took action against the obvious intentional segreation between public schools in Boston. Judge Garrity ruled to have African American students bused between schools in order to decrease the exsisiting segregation within the Boston schools. Garrity knew he would run into extreme objection, but that was a risk he was willing to take.

  • Board of Education V. Pico

    Island Trees Board of Education wanted to clear its library of books with offensive material. The court case ruled in Pico's favor, which caused the books to remain in the libraries. In doing this children have access to reading materials to learn about the harsh truths of America's past

  • First Charter School

    First Charter School
    Minnesota's legislation passed America's first charter school. Currently there are more than 6,000 charter schools across the country.

  • Alabama Requires Children's Legal Immigration Documentation

    In 2011, Alabama became the first state in the country to require immigrated students enrolling in a school to have their legal immigration documentation on file.

  • A New Minority

    In the fall of 2014, schools had on average 50.3% of latinois enrolled, a new demographic that out number the white demographic in public schools for the first time ever.