UNIT:
Lesson: 8
Text Title
Castaneda v. Pickard (1981) and Plyler v. Doe (1982)
Main Idea
| Castaneda v Pickard (1981) | Plyler v Doe (1982) |
| The Raymondville Independent School District in Texas was not providing adequate language support for non-English speaking students. These students were primarily of Mexican origin. Castañeda v Pickard established a three-prong test used to evaluate language programs. This legislation set a legal standard for the quality of educational programming for multilingual learners. | A state law in Texas denied funding for the education of undocumented children in public schools. The state ruled that the denial of funding was in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. All children deserve equal educational opportunity regardless of legal status. |
Essential Question
What opportunities and challenges exist for an education ecosystem experiencing an increase in its multilingual learner population?
Content Objective
By engaging in this lesson, students will know/understand that…
- Initiatives and policies can be developed across multiple iterations of legislation.
Literacy Objective
By engaging in this lesson, students will strengthen their ability to…
- Identify and examine similar trends across contexts.
Standards Alignment
- Analyze the development of similar central ideas across two or more texts and determine how specific details shape and refine the central idea. (11-12.RN.2.2)
