Congress Enacts the Bilingual Education Act
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Education, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Teaching, Teachers, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Children, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Asian American History, Latino History
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: 1968
Article abstract: Congress in the late 1960’s moved to provide federal assistance to schoolchildren of limited English-speaking ability.
Summary of Event
Although hailed as the world’s melting pot, for most of its history the United States has been a nation of one language and culture. This conformist ethic maintained that as immigrants came to the United States they should give up their native customs and languages and assimilate as quickly as possible into the Anglo-American mainstream. Underlying this drive toward conformity was the unwritten rule...
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