Laws and Court Cases

Question 1

1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act

Answer 1

Eliminated limits on numbers of individuals from any given nation who could emigrate to U.S.

Question 2

Lau vs Nichols

Answer 2

1974, failure to provide supplemental English language instruction was in violation of 14th amendment and civil rights act

Question 3

Lau Remedies

Answer 3

Specific methods for school districts to follow in order to provide education to ELL students

Question 4

EEOA

Answer 4

Equal Educational Opportunities Act; prohibits discrimination against faculty, staff, or students

Question 5

Proposition 227 of California

Answer 5

English is the primary language of instruction

Question 6

Castaneda vs Pickard

Answer 6

1981; established a 3 step test to ensure that school districts were taking “Appropriate Action” for assessing programs serving language minority students

Question 7

Plyer vs Doe

Answer 7

1982; illegal to deny funding or charge for undocumented immigrant children’s education

Question 8

Serna vs Portales

Answer 8

1974; ruled that schools must provide a Bilingual program to accommodate ELLs

Question 9

Rios vs Reed

Answer 9

1978; ruled that bilingual programs need to be Bilingual

Question 10

English Immersion

Answer 10

Does NOT provide support for non-english learners and allows them to fail or succeed based on their language abilities (Laissez Faire)

Question 11

Two Way Immersion

Answer 11

Both groups become Bilingual proficient

Question 12

Schema

Answer 12

Activating prior knowledge