The Bilingual Education Act

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This paper looks at the social problems that surround the the Bilingual Education Act. It examines whether it was an anti-poverty measure to overcome the educational disadvantage of minority students, or, in other words, to cure the academic problems caused by limited proficiency in English. It also questions whether it was an anti-discrimination tactic to make the curriculum more accessible to limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Looks at a few cases in the educational systems history, which challenged this act also.

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Introduction
Content of Title VII
Lau v. Nichols
Immediate Implications of the Lau Decision
Post-Decision Discussion of Lau v. Nichols
Effects of Lau v. Nichols on School Districts
Effects of Lau v. Nichols in the Classroom

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"Viewing the current state of partisan politics and partisan factions concerning everything from the arts to education to security of the state, it is difficult to believe that when Lyndon B. Johnson was president of the United States, a law with vast power to alter American society was made law without a single dissenting voice (Crawford, 1998, p. 50+). That law was The Bilingual Education Act, also known as Title VII, Equal Education Opportunities Act, and Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. However, since that time, there has been dissent in abundance, with some states attempting to virtually neutralized the law's effects."

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