You must read chapter 9 of your textbook.
As a CLASS, we are going to discuss (discussion forum) the following cases:
- Proposition 203 http://www.azbilingualed.org/AZ%20Hist-ALEC/prop%20203.htm
- 2001 No child Left Behind Act http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/execsumm.pdf
- Proposition 227 http://primary98.sos.ca.gov/VoterGuide/Propositions/227text.htm
INDIVIDUALLY, students will choose one of other cases and post a thorough discussion of the case in the discussion forum. To avoid having two students working on the same case, each student will post his/her choice in the forum LIST OF TOPICS. Use the provided title to look for the case on the web.
- Historical/Legal Perspectives on Bilingual Education (Part I) (February10–February 28)
Historical Introduction to Bilingual Education: The United States (Chapter 9)
- The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution
- Brown vs. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
- Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Bilingual Education Acts of 1968 and 1974
- May 25, 1970 Memorandum
- Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1974
- Lau vs. Nichols 1974
- Lau Remedies 1974
- Civil Right Language Minority Regulations 1980
- Castañeda vs. Pickard 1981
- Idaho vs. Migrant Council 1981
- Proposition 227
- Title VII
- 1864 Prohibition of Native Americans from being taught in their own languages.
- 1879- Federal policy begins separating many Native American students from their families.
- 1889 Bennett Act (Wisconsin) and Edwards Act (Illinois)
- 1906 Nationality Act
