_EDU239Assignment 1

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EDU 239 Lesson 1 Answer each of the following questions in short-answer format (four to six sentences). How have legal cases impacted the policies and laws governing language instruction? (i.e., Lau vs. Nichols, Castaneda vs. Pickard, Flores vs. Arizona, Plyer vs. Doe). In the Lau v. Nichols case, a unanimous decision was reached in favor of bilingual education to help students who are not native English speakers advance their language skills. Students for whom English was not their first language found it simpler to adjust to school after this case. The children who are English language learners profited and were assisted by this move, which provided them with extra English language classes to guarantee that they obtain an equal education. Many states in the US have historically resisted providing equitable educational opportunities for children of color, including ELL students, and there has been debate around the use of languages other than English in public schools. These issues have given rise to the numerous lawsuits that address these concerns. The current political climate was impacted by legislative improvements that were brought about by the court decisions that emerged from these lawsuits. A 1974 court decision about language-minority children's education can be found in the Lau v. Nichols case. Chinese American students in the San Francisco Unified School District raised this issue when they were told, in spite of their poor English proficiency, to "sink or swim" in regular classrooms. The district maintained that it had done no wrong and that Chinese American students were treated on par with other students. Lau had a big influence on public policy. In response to the court's decision, the U.S. The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights created the Lau Remedies. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights implemented the Lau Remedies in response to the court's decision. Unlike the Title VII Bilingual Education Act rules, which were limited to sponsored programs, the Lau Remedies applied to all school districts and acted as de facto compliance criteria. Included in or addressing gaps in the educational needs of ELL children is the Flores v. Arizona (2000) case, which was settled in 2004. Because of this ruling, state constitutions have been required to serve as the basis for the law in all subsequent cases regarding insufficient funding for schools. The Floress v. Arizona case demonstrates that even while judges provide decisions that seem to give precise instructions, changes don't always follow through and frequently lead to political chaos in the decisions. The 1981 ruling in Castaeda v. Pickard delivered the right to bilingual education yet another setback. Upon filing the lawsuit in Texas, the plaintiffs argued that the Raymondville Independent School District was not fulfilling the obligations set forth by the EEOA for ELL students. The federal court dismissed the antiquated assumption that multilingual education was mandated under Lau and the EEOA. It did, nevertheless, find that Raymondville had not complied with the EEOA's requirements in a significant manner. Three criteria to determine whether schools are providing "appropriate action" to fulfill the requirements of English Language Learners (ELLs) were developed as a result of this case.
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