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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexican territory is annexed to the United States in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This basically gave the right to speak Spanish in school, work, and any social setting. It is significant because it was a movement towards freedom of speech. -
Punishment for speaking native language
(1880's-1920's)
The federal government forced Native-American children to attend offreservation, English-only schoools where they were punished for using their native languge. This was a way to change the Native-American people into a standard that America wanted for it's people. -
Antibilingual Education Legislation
The first antibilingual education legislation is passed. For America being this giant melting pot and many people immigratating to the United States, there was quite a lot of discrimination based off of languages spoken. -
English Requirement
Congress passed an English requirement for naturalization citizenship. This created a nation wide law instead of state standards and required immigrants coming in to know and understand English to become a U. S. citizen. -
Meyer v. Nebraska
The Meyer v. Nebraska law suit extended the protection of the constitution to every day speech and prohibited coercive language restriction on the part of the states. Much like the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, this was another step in protecting freedom of speech and allowing any language to be spoken anywhere. -
World War II
Japanese language schools are closed. The japanese are incarcerated in internment camps with english only schools. This was during the war and little is known about the schools except that they were called un-American. -
Bilingual Education Reborn
Bilingual education is reborn in Dade County, Florida. The first program that started it off was at the Coral Way Elementary School. It was open to both English and Spanish speakers. This first program kept on going for years after creating a bilingual curiculum. -
Lau v. Nichols
non-English speaking Chinese students sued San Fransisco unified school district officials, claiming that denial of lanuage development services was a violation of their civil rights under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This paved way for more programs in helping those who did not speak english, to have a means of learning English to continue on their education. -
No Child Left Behind Act
This is an act that set state wide standards for all children and was created to help provide aid for those who were considered disadavantaged. It is meant to provide and equal opportunity for all students no matter their race, income, or disability and so on. -
Williams et al. v. State of California et al.
The state of California was sued because of substandard conditions in the State's schools. It was said that students suffered from poorly trained teachers, overcrowding, and poor building conditions. This is significant because it points out how a student's environment plays am important role in how they succeed in their education.
