SAN FRANCISCO — As America reels from its latest spate of deadly hate crimes and racism, the California State Board of Education on Thursday approved the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum for high schools, saying the teaching of discrimination and oppression has never been more important.
JNS.org – California’s Department of Education released its recommendations to revise the state’s proposed ethnic-studies model curriculum at the end of July, as the original draft curriculum had come under fire for containing antisemitic and anti-Israel content, in addition to not addressing issues of antisemitism or including Jewish Americans.
The nearly 900-page Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, which has been years in the making, is meant to teach high school students about the struggles and contributions of “historically marginalized peoples which are often untold in U.S. history courses.”
California adopts first statewide ethnic studies high school curriculum It focuses mainly on four groups that are also the focus of college-level ethnic studies: Chicano/Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Native Americans. George Washington High School in San Francisco on March 12, 2020. Jeff Chiu / AP file
Like the original draft, the document is “true to the fidelity of the ethnic studies movement,” the California Department of Education said in a press release Friday. It will concentrate on the four ethnic and racial groups that have been the focus of ethnic studies in higher education since its inception in the late 1960s: African American, Chicano and Latino, …
Individuals and groups will have the opportunity to submit public comment on the draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum during the 30-day review period. The IQC will review and consider those public comments at its November meeting. Comments can also be submitted at any time to [email protected]
Ethnic Studies Local Support (added 04-Apr-2022) One-time funding for local educational agencies to support ethnic studies course development.; 2020 ISABS Annual Report to the Legislature (added 28-Mar-2022) Executive Summary of the 2020 Annual Report to the Legislature of the Developing, Aligning, and Improving Systems of Academic and Behavioral …
Aug. 1, 2020 7 AM PT State officials unveiled their latest try at an ethnic studies curriculum for K-12 students Friday, and it’s clear their hope is …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has vetoed a bill that would have required high school students to take an ethnic studies course, saying that his decision was driven by a controversy that erupted …
The California Department of Education shows the bulk of students enrolled in grades Kindergarten to grade 12 are Hispanic or Latino, followed by white students. One of the strengths of ethnic studies is “that it is responsive to all students in the classrooms,” Cuauhtin said. “The Save California Ethnic Studies movement and coalition …
Ethnic Studies in California’s High Schools 3 In California, after passing AB-2016, the State Board of Education and Superintendent of Instruction have worked on crafting a model curriculum for Ethnic Studies at the high school level.10 On August 17, 2020, AB-1460 was signed Still, the 17,354 students who took classes at 555 schools was less than 1 percent of all high …
AB-331 is a bill that, if passed, would require ethnic studies as a California high school graduation requirement, starting with the 2024-25 school year, “based on” the ethnic-studies model …
Christine Sleeter is professor emerita at California State University, Monterey Bay and a member of the National Academy of Education. Re “ 4 forms of bias to avoid in designing ethnic studies for high schools ”; Commentary, Dec. 15, 2020. In their commentary, Al Sokolow, Tony Tanke and a team of professors from UC Davis argue that the Ethnic Studies Model …
A new draft state curriculum for a high-school course in ethnic studies drops the jargon and much of the politics in favor of a more coherent and flexible approach. … 2020 3 AM PT . Facebook …
