Domain 3: Competency 8

Question 1

LEP

Answer 1

Limited English Proficient

Question 2

NCLB

Answer 2

No Child Left Behind

Question 3

ESSA

Answer 3

Every Student Succeeds Act

Question 4

Rios v. Reed (New York, 1978)

Answer 4

• Patchogue-Medford School District
• 800 Puerto Ricans said the school program did not meet educational needs.
• Court agreed due to lack of Spanish language among admin and teachers, lack of knowledge of bilingual instruction of methodology and instruction among teachers, lack of educational materials in Spanish, improper placement/identification

Question 5

Rios v. Reed (New York, 1978)

Answer 5

• Patchogue-Medford School District
• 800 Puerto Ricans said the school program did not meet educational needs.
• Court agreed due to lack of Spanish language among admin and teachers, lack of knowledge of bilingual instruction of methodology and instruction among teachers, lack of educational materials in Spanish, improper placement/identification

Question 6

Serna v. Portales (New Mexico, 1974)

Answer 6

Portales School District discriminated against Spanish surnamed students. Court found higher truancy/dropout rates for Spanish students. The court ordered the school district to design and implement programs of bilingual/bicultural instruction, revise testing procedures to assess students, and hire bilingual school personnel

Question 7

Castañeda v. Pickard (Texas, 1981)

Answer 7

-important criteria for determining a school’s degree of compliance with the Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1974
-parents of Mexican-American children charged the Raymondville ISD with instructional practices that violated student rights
- Practices included ability tracking of students on the basis of discriminatory criteria that caused segregation of Hispanic students, hiring of school personnel, failing to develop bilingual programs that helped the learning of ELs.
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Question 8

Lau v. Nichols (1974)

Answer 8

Began as class action suit on behalf of Chinese speaking children in San Francisco.  The Supreme Court ordered that students have access to the same facilities, text books, teachers, curriculum, and the same learning as those that speak English.  
-This led to the establishment of regulations to comply with the Civil Rights Act

Question 9

Plyler v. Doe

Answer 9

School was not going to take in illegal immigrants and that the school was too populated. The increase was due to English speakers. The court told the school to treat the illegals as if they were legal. The court said that families were protected under the Equal Protection Clause and that the school violated the 14th Amendment.

• Texas violated the Supremacy Clause
• probable jurisdiction
• Texas districts told schools that they can deny undocumented families.
• Families said that their rights were denied and argued that they were protected under the 14th Amendment
• Brennan said the 14th Amendment reflects for all
• Brennan stated that children have no control of their status
• The state argued that allowing immigrant children in schools would compromise fiscal status
• Justice Brennan struck down
• Plyler provides constitutional basis for undocumented students to have an education.