CAL 50: Reflection, Celebration, Innovation
Click on the green spotlighted events to learn more about the selected landmark events and how they were influential in shaping CAL.
Links in blue below lead to external sites containing additional information on many of the historical topics below.
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1980 |
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| Refugee Act | ||||||
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Amendment to the Adult Education Act | |||||
| Casteñeda v. Pickard |
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A Nation at Risk decries school quality, sets stage for school reform movement | |||||
| Office of Refugee Resettlement funds Mainstream English Language Training (MELT) project | ||||||
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| Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act |
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National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education Opens |
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Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
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Learn more about CAL's history throughout the decades:
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