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In 1958, the National Defense Education act was passed. Interestingly enough, this was the same year that NASA was established with events of the Cold War looming in the background. This was an important event in Bilingual Education because it was the first time that foreign language was being promoted here in the United States. I'm not sure if there are any ties to the Cold War at all but I just find that interesting.

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In 1968, the Bilingual Education Act, Title VII was passed. This established federal policy for Bilingual Education for economically disadvantaged language minority students. This is important because I see it was the first that there is wording from the Federal government to not look over MLs and that their education also mattered.

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Bilingual Education Act (BEA), U.S. legislation (January 2, 1968) that provided federal grants to school districts for the purpose of establishing educational programs for children with limited English-speaking ability. It was the first time that the U.S. government officially acknowledged that these students need specialized instruction. The Bilingual Education Act (BEA) was an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Beginning in the late 19th century, millions of immigrants entered the United States, and many could not speak English. Some state governments pushed for assimilation, requiring non-English-speaking adults to take English-language classes. Children went to public schools, where they were totally immersed in the English language and often punished for speaking their native language. California and Texas established segregated public schools to accommodate the increase in Spanish-speaking children from Mexico. These schools concentrated on teaching English, but they had less funding than the schools for white non-Latino children and thus had inferior resources and underqualified teachers. Under these conditions many immigrant children dropped out or received an education that limited job opportunities.

In the ensuing years there were sporadic efforts to end school segregation, and these intensified in 1946 after a federal court ruled in that the segregation of Mexican American students in California schools was unlawful. More lawsuits followed, culminating in the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. This decision helped guide future educational policies toward equal opportunity. The civil rights movement and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964-intending to end discrimination based on race, colour, religion, or national origin-also furthered equality in education.

Despite these developments, language difficulties continued to hamper the education of many Spanish-speaking students. In 1967 U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough of Texas introduced a bill to help school districts educate students with limited English-speaking ability. This was a particularly important issue in Texas and other southwestern states, which were experiencing an increase in Mexican immigration. The bill recommended bilingual education-including Spanish and other native languages-and funding was designated for developing programs, training staff, and obtaining educational resources. In 1968 U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signed the BEA into law.

Over the years, the BEA underwent various revisions to meet the needs of students, parents, and teachers. For example, when first conceived, the act favoured school districts with high percentages of students from low-income families. Funding was later broadened to include students from a wider range of economic groups. The grants were also expanded to include more options for their use, such as for technical assistance and for the establishment of special training programs.

In January 2002 U.S. Pres. George W. Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. It sought to improve public primary and secondary schools and, thus, student performance via increased accountability for schools, school districts, and states. For example, states were required to administer yearly tests in reading and mathematics to public school students and to demonstrate adequate progress toward raising the scores of all students. (In 2015 U.S. Pres. Barack Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act, which modified NCLB.) Under NCLB the BEA became the English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act.

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Bilingual Education Act | Definition, 1968, Summary, & Facts

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Bilingual Education Act, U.S. legislation (1968) that offered federal grants to school districts for the purpose of creating educational programs for students with limited English-speaking ability. It was the first time that the U.S. government officially acknowledged that such students need specialized instruction.

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The IASA was the first time that full bilingual proficiency was being saw as an actual goal for students. Instead of ignoring programs in which students were learning in both English and a foreign language, the government was now finally seeing them as "equals" which meant that schools with needs of MLs would no longer be as easily ignored within the educational policy process.

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Other short titles

Alaska Native Educational Equity, Support and Assistance Act

Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994

Community School Partnership Act

Education Infrastructure Act of 1994

Elementary Mathematics and Science Equipment Act

Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act

Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994

Families of Children with Disabilities Support Act of 1994

Foreign Language Assistance Act of 1994

Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994

Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994

Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1994

National Education Statistics Act of 1994

National Teacher Training Project Act of 1994

Native Hawaiian Education Act

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994

School Dropout Assistance Act

Star Schools Act

Technology for Education Act of 1994

Women's Educational Equity Act of 1994

Workers Technology Skill Development Act

Long title

An Act to extend for six years the authorizations of appropriations for the programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and for other purposes.

Acronyms (colloquial)

IASA, 21st CCLCA

Nicknames

21st Century Community Learning Centers Act

Enacted by

the 103rd United States Congress

Effective

October 20, 1994

Public law
103-382

Statutes at Large

108 Stat. 3518

Acts amended
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

Titles amended
20 U.S.C.: Education

U.S.C. sections amended

20 U.S.C. ch. 70, subch. I § 6301 et seq.

Introduced in the House as H.R. 6 by Dale Kildee (D-MI) on January 5, 1993

Committee consideration by House Education and Labor, Senate Labor and Human Resources

Passed the House on March 24, 1994 (289-128, Roll call vote 095, via Clerk.House.gov)

Passed the Senate on August 2, 1994 (94-6, Roll call vote 252, via Senate.gov, in lieu of S. 1513)

Reported by the joint conference committee on September 28, 1994; agreed to by the House on September 30, 1994 (262-132, Roll call vote 456, via Clerk.House.gov) and by the Senate on October 5, 1994 (77-20, Roll call vote 321, via Senate.gov)

Signed into law by President William J. Clinton on October 20, 1994

The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 ( IASA) was a major part of the Clinton administration's efforts to reform education. It was signed in the gymnasium of Framingham High School (MA). It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

It included provisions or reforms for:

Title I--Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards
Title II-Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program
Title III-Technology For Education
Title IV-Safe And Drug-Free Schools And Communities
Title V--Promoting Equity
Title VI-Innovative Education Program Strategies
Title VII-Bilingual Education, Language Enhancement, And Language Acquisition Programs
Title VIII-Impact Aid
Title IX-Indian, Native Hawaiian, And Alaska Native Education
Title X--Programs Of National Significance
Title XI-Coordinated Services
Title XII-School Facilities Infrastructure Improvement Act
Title XIII-Support And Assistance Programs To Improve Education
Title XIV-General Provisions

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Other short titles Alaska Native Educational Equity, Support and Assistance Act Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994 Community School Partnership Act Education Infrastructure Act of 1994 Elementary Mathematics and Science Equipment Act Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 Families of Children with Disabilities Support Act of 1994 Foreign Language Assistance Act of 1994 Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 Howard M.

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Ah yes, good ol' "No Child Left Behind." I always share this but I remember my math teaching in HS always saying this and when I say always, I mean, always. This act appropriated funds to states so that they could improve education. However, the process was seriously flawed because bilingual education was being allowed, but it was certainly not encouraged. This was made clear by the immense focus of English language development and the unattainable testing goals set forth by the federal government. It is important for us to be mindful of this because there were a lot of MLs that saw themselves as failures for not being able to pass a test. We must be mindful of this as we think of assessments for our students.

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The 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act was so that states would have more flexibility when setting goals for testing and schools were allowed to use different measures in order to do so. This is important because the government is understanding that the people that know their students the best are not policy makers or politicians, they are teachers who are in the trenches with students every single day. A simple yet invaluable truth that every teacher should carry to their grave is, know your students.