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"Learning Disability"
Samuel A. Kirk coined the term "learning disability" when dicussing childen with preceptual disorders at a conference in Chicago. -
Coral Way Elementray School...
...becomes the first bilingual and bicultural public school in the US -
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities formed
Now called the Learning Disabilities Association of America -
Indian Education Act
Law calling for an effort to meet the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students. -
Lau v. Nichols
Supreme court determines that the San Francisco Schol District failed to provide proper english language instruction for Chinese American students with limited English proficiency. -
Improving America's Schools Act
Signed by president Bill Clinton, increased funding and drop-out prevention efforts for bilingual and immigrant students. -
Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge and Action
Written by James Banks, this book had a major impact on the already growing amount of scholarships regarding multiculturalism -
Higher Education Act
Provides low and middle income students access to higher education. -
Alabama requires public schools to check immigration status of students
The law does not require these schools to deny admission or report the names of illegally immigrated students, but is still declared unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Report: Brown at 60
Published it may, this reported stated what many schools were already beginning to see; a large increase in Latino students, accompanied by an increase in segregation due to race and poverty in bigger metropolitan areas.
