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History of Multicultural Education
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The Civil Rights Act becomes law
The Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin; ending unequal voting registration requirements and racial segregation the workplace, schools, and other public areas. -
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act is passed
Prohibits states from denying educational equality to an individual because his or her race, color, sex, or national origin. Specifically prohibits states from denying equal education and to take appropriate action to ensure language barriers are met instructionally. -
Refugee Education Assistance Act
Provided educational assistance to Cuban and Haitian refugee children, as well as Indochinese refugee children, by providing assistance to State educational agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee adults. -
Edwards v. Aguillard
A legal case concerning teaching creationism. The Supreme Court ruled that teaching creationism along with evolution, was unconstitutional because it would be advancing a particular religion. -
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990
It increased and allowed for 700,000 immigrants to come to the U.S. per year from '92–'94, and 675,000 per year after. This created the diversity in national schools that is still present and ever growing today. -
Columbine School Shooting
Two teenagers go on a shooting spree, taking 15 lives. It is dubbed the nation's deadliest school shooting. The event pushes for stricter school safety procedures. -
No Child Left Behind
The NCLB Act is approved by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush on January 8, 2002. The law, penalizes schools that do not meet goals mandated by the the NCLB from student testing. -
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that race could not be a factor in assigning students to high schools, therefor dismissing integration plans in Seattle and Louisville, and possibly affecting similar plans in school districts around the nation. -
K-12 Demographic Milestone
As schools open this fall, a demographic milestone is reached: minority students enrolled in K-12 public school classrooms outnumber non-Hispanic Caucasians. -
Free College For All?
On January 9, President Barack Obama proposes a plan to allow two years of free community college for all American students.
