Civil Rights & Education
The landmark 1964 law that aimed to end discrimination in schools, voting, and public life.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
In 2014, which group became the majority in U.S. public schools?
Students of color
What does CSP stand for?
Culturally sustaining pedagogy
What language is often taught in schools but not always in ways that help heritage speakers?
Spanish
Indigenous struggles for language go back how many years, according to the article?
More than 500 years
What year marked the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act?
2014
About what percent of U.S. students were White in 1970?
80%
What two things does CSP emphasize sustaining in schools?
Heritage languages and cultures
What is it called when language is treated like just another school subject, separate from culture?
Curricularization
Name one of the “four R’s” of Indigenous language rights.
Rights, resources, responsibilities, reclamation (any one works)
What national research group held special sessions in 2014 about the CRA?
AERA (American Educational Research Association)
Today, just over half of U.S. students are from what group?
Which scholar is often credited with advancing CSP?
Paris
Which immigrant group has had the most heritage language loss in the U.S.?
Asian and Asian American communities
Baugh connects the devaluing of African American Language to what larger issue?
Racism and systemic racism
What word describes the pushback against progress after the CRA?
Retrenchment or resistance
U.S. schools still mainly reflect the norms of which social group?
White, middle-class, monolingual
Instead of erasing languages, CSP aims to do what with them?
Support and sustain them
Misunderstandings of African American Language led to misdiagnoses in what field?
Speech pathology
Misconceptions about AAL caused students to be wrongly labeled with what?
Learning or speech disorders
What type of teaching focuses on sustaining students cultures and languages?
Culturally sustaining pedagogy
The demographic changes affect not just schools but also what?
Society and the whole nation
According to the article, what should be a core principle of education for the new mainstream?
Maintaining heritage languages and cultures
Li & Wen argue families, communities, and which schools must work together to maintain language?
K–12 schools
Baugh says schools must affirm what phrase about Black students?
“Black students matter”