History of Multicultural Education

  • Jan 1, 1072

    Indian Education Act

    Indian Education Act
    Allows schools to meet what students coming from the reservation might need to learn. This Act show how school would start to accommodate Native American so they have access to education like the rest of the public does.
  • Jan 1, 1072

    Mills v the board of education of Washington DC

    Mills v the board of education of Washington DC
    This expanded the spectrum of children with special needs getting the proper education. With this bill classes that tend to these children are created so education is for all.
  • National Defense Eduacation Act

    It put into effect of having more funding to learn more languages. With this they would learn about more culture of the language they were learning
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    History of muticultural education

  • Ruby Bridges attended the first all whit class

    Ruby Bridges attended the first all whit class
    In first grade Ruby was the first to go to an all white first grade class in the south. This is a big event because with out this event either it would have been a lot later for desegregation or never in the south.
  • Diana v. California State Board

    Diana v. California State Board
    This helped people who have special needs be tested in the language they speak then always being tested in English. This help a multicultural class succeed if it did not have students who did not speak or read in fluent English.
  • Pennsylvania Association of retarded Cahildren v Pensylvania

    Pennsylvania Association of retarded Cahildren v Pensylvania
    This allowed children who have mental issues that they have free access to public education. With this public schools can not segregate depending on mental state.
  • Case of Lau v Nicholas

    Case of Lau v Nicholas
    This bill accommodates children who do not speak English and create a system within our school to help them understand. This give student from all cultures to get a fair education within the US.
  • Equal Education Opportunies Act

    Equal Education Opportunies Act
    This helped people of all cultures get and fair education in the United States. This made it so the schools can not put unfair obstacles for other cultures to enroll in their school.
  • National Association of Billingual Education was created

    National Association of Billingual Education was created
    THis helps student who speak another language other than English as their primary language get the same education as everyone else. With this program they get to use their primary language but get eased into English.
  • Refugee Act of 1980

    Refugee Act of 1980
    This allowed children that were from all around the world and was a legal refugee they were able to get a US education. The opened up our education system up to any country with the proper paper work.