“Studies have found that both students of color and white students benefit academically as well as socially from taking ethnic studies courses. Ethnic studies courses play an important role in building an inclusive multicultural democracy,” according to the text of the measure, which was authored ...
Ethnic Studies in California: An unsteady jump from college campuses to K-12 classroomsPAWEL, MIRIAMEducation Next
“The Simon Wiesenthal Center, like the majority of Jewish community leaders and organizations, is encouraged that the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum released today does not include any content that is, or can be perceived as, anti-Semitic or anti-Israel,” said Rabbi Meyer H. May, the ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Along with English, science, math and other graduation requirements, California high school students will have to take a course in ethnic studies to get a diploma starting in 2029-30. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that makes California among the first in the nation ...
"This criticism will continue. I can guarantee you that," said California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a former lawmaker and academic who created an ethnic studies program at San Diego State University in the 1970s. "We will not find the perfect curriculum but we have one that is ...
The uproar over the California ethnic studies program, explained As a push from California lawmakers to mandate ethnic studies in public schools approaches a final vote in March,Tabletmagazine published an article last week with the headline “California Is ...
antisemitic content within their ethnic studies curriculum,” said James Pasch, ADL Senior Director of National Litigation. “Closed-door discussions prevented input from marginalized communities – in direct contrast to the goal of the ethnic studies program, which is to support marginalized communities...
The California-based pro-Israel AMCHA Initiative praised the veto in astatement, saying Newsom was “keeping politics and anti-Semitism out of an educational curriculum.” It said the draft curriculum promoted “Critical Ethnic Studies,” which is “inherently anti-Semitic,”...
Trustees of California State University, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, are expected to vote Wednesday on making ethnic studies a graduation requirement.
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