美国融合教育是美国民权运动的成果。1954年,美国最高法院判决有色人种不能与白人在同一所学校接受教育,这实质是一种种族歧视。因为这种做法会使学生产生一种有色人种在能力与价值上低于白人的肤色意识,进而剥夺了有色人种充分接受教育的机会。1971年,几个有残疾孩子的家庭向宾夕法尼亚州提起诉讼,诉求孩子的受教育权及要求 American Convergence Education is the Result of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. In 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that colored people can not receive education at the same school as whites. This is essentially a racial discrimination. Because this approach will enable students to produce a kind of colored people’s ability and value than the white skin color awareness, thereby depriving the colored people full access to education. In 1971, several families with children with disabilities filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming their child’s right to education and requirements