Timeline by Kayla Fischer

1906 Nationality Act

fisc0942 — 2024-05-29 00:00:06 UTC

The 1906 Nationality Act is an act that forced all immigrants to speak English to be consider4ed naturalized Americans. This encouraged child literacy instead of child labor and brought Americans together rather than separate them. This act created a common language in education. This event is important for bilingual education today because it decreased the amount of bilinguals in America. Immigrants were forced to speak English and only English.

1958 National Defense Education Act

fisc0942 — 2024-05-29 00:07:08 UTC

In 1958, an act was passed that promoted foreign languages to be taught in all levels of school. This created a better outlook on languages other than English within the United States. This is important for bilingual education because it allowed and promoted bilingualism within schools. People were allowed and encouraged to speak a language other than English.

1968 Bilingual Education Act

fisc0942 — 2024-05-29 00:12:17 UTC

This act helped Spanish speakers who were struggling in the classroom. It identified bilingual education programs as part of federal education policy and gave funds for the education of students who speak a language other than English. This is important to bilingual education today because this was the first step in identifying speakers of another language on the same level as English speakers. They started to get the funds to get the proper education in schools.

2009 Race to the Top

fisc0942 — 2024-05-29 00:23:05 UTC

In 2009, Obama gave $4.3 billion in grants to the states for education reform which included more testing to better prepare students for higher education, receive and retain effective staff, create data systems that accurately display student success, and support effective strategies in low scoring schools. This act set the standards for future reforms. This is important for bilingual education because it showed support to bilingual learners.

2015 Every Student Succeeds Act

fisc0942 — 2024-05-29 00:30:04 UTC

This act brought the NCLB Act to an end. It recognizes the unrealistic expectations of standardized testing as a measure of student achievement. As a result of this, states were given more flexibility to set goals for their students. Students can now show their success over time as opposed to standardized test scores. This is important to bilingual education because educators can now set goals based on how their students are learning. The students are now able to focus on their goals instead of passing a test.