Nichols, 1974).
Discussion, Lau v. Nichols.
In the Courts discussion regarding education for English Language Learners, it is important to note that, "students who do not understand English are effectively foreclosed from any meaningful education (Lau v. Nichols, 1974). The Lau case brought about the implementation of programs for English Language Learners into schools throughout the country such as bilingual classrooms, pullout programs, and dual-language classes. Lau also helped bring out the acceptance and realization that language is incorporated to national origin and is not to be discriminated against. The Education Opportunities Act, developed in 1974, prohibited the states denial to an individual's right of opportunities in equal education regardless of differences in color, race, or origin. .
Pierce v. The Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925).
Soon after the end of World War, the state of Oregon passed the Compulsory Education Act of 1922, due to the increasing wave of incoming immigrants and the vast number of soldiers returning from war. Those who supported this Act didn't want students coming from different religious or ethnic backgrounds to be in the same schools as their children. This Act was passed with a great amount of help from the Klu Klux Klan as well as the Oregon Scottish Rite Masons.
Case Details.
The case of Pierce v. The Society of Sisters was heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1925, after Oregon passed the Compulsory Education Act of 1922. This act required children ages eight to sixteen be sent to public school by their parent/guardian in the district in which they resided. Challenging this Act was the Society of Sisters which was an organization in Oregon that aided orphans, helped in educating the youth, and overseeing private systems of education. The Society of Sisters argued that the Act, "conflicts with the right of parents to choose schools where their children will receive appropriate mental and religious training, the right of the child to influence the parents' choice of a school, the right of schools and teachers therein to engage in a useful business or profession (Pierce v.
