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The Founding of Theory Into Practice
Occurred during the watershed decade in the African American struggle for civil rights. Numerous authors wrote articles for "Theory Into Practice" to highlight and reform the variables that affected education for people of different cultures. -
Coral Way Elementary School
During the Cuban Revolution, many Cuban immigrant children arrived in Miami. This resulted in Coral Way Elementary School starting the first bilingual and bi-cultural public school in the United States.This impacted multicultural education by paving the road for more multicultural schools to be built, and demonstrated that it was something that was needed for students of different cultures. -
Immigration Act of 1965
Also known as the Hart-Cellar Act, this abolishes the National Origins Formula. This led to a large amount of migration of Asians and Latin Americans that immigrated to the United States, making the pool of students more diverse in terms of culture and race. This influenced multicultural education heavily, as it introduced a large demographic to the education system. This would allow the current Asian and Latin American students to share and learn more about their culture. -
The Bilingual Education Act
This act mandated schools to provide bilingual education programs, which was the first time congress had endorsed funding for bilingual education. After being redesigned, it was replaced by the No Child Left Behind Act, which is still around today. This event affected multicultural education by destroying the language barrier that did not allow many students to learn properly, and enabled them to begin their education in the best way possible, -
Diana v. California State Board of Education
This ended with a new law that requires children who are referred for possible special education placement be tested in their primary or main language. In other words, any exam for placement tests must be given in the student's strongest language. This impacted multicultural education because it allowed those with primary languages other than English the possibility to excel in school the same as English speaking Americans. It did not hinder their path of school in any way. -
The Indian Education Act
This act became a law in 1972, and establishes "a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students". This follows along with the idea of many researchers who state connection with culture as well as other social ideas can enable a student to learn better, which is how it improved multicultural education for American Indians and Alaska natives. -
The Case of Lau v. Nichols
The San Francisco School District failed their community when they provided English language instructions to 1,800 students who did not speak English, and they did not provide them with adequate instructional procedures. In the end, this benefits multicultural education because it brought to light that it is wrong to do so, and is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It led to the increased awareness of education for non-English speakers. -
The Emergency Immigrant Education Act
This was enacted to provide services and help fund the costs that school districts faced when they had an unexpected large amount of immigrant students. This act highly benefited the education of multicultural students because it supported their education, and funded it directly. Without this, many immigrant students may not have been able to receive an education at all. -
Improving America's Schools Act (IASA)
Signed by President Bill Clinton, this act reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965, and increases funding for bilingual and immigrant education. This has an immense impact on multicultural education by being a direct feeder into the education of immigrant students. Without this, immigrant students may not have had the proper funding to continue their education or even begin it at all. -
Gloria Ladson-Billings Research
Ladson-Billings conducted research that demonstrated a students learning is supported by "bridging home and community cultures". She influenced schools to adapt and design their teaching styles based off of what the student would best learn from, which impacted the lives of those who were struggling in school. It redesigned the teaching style of many teachers and led to better education for everyone.
