Schools played a major role in the development of the Japanese-American community as they helped to bridge the gap between the two cultures. Many Issei attended Americanization classes for adults to better adapt to American society. With the Nissei many of them attended Japanese Language Schools as well as their regular classes and learned about the language, history and culture of Japan. While segregation was legal in California until 1947 it was generally not enforced and so Japanese students in the larger cities could attend the local public schools.