Will the third time be the charm for California’s tortured effort to write a model ethnic studies curriculum for high school students? Last month, state schools Supt. Tony Thurmond released the third draft of the curriculum, more than a year after the first version generated a storm of well-deserved criticism for its...
Newsom Vetoes Bill Requiring Ethnic Studies in California Schools
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom late Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have made ethnic studies a California high school graduation requirement, citing controversy over the model curriculum. Assemblyman Jose Medina, a fellow Democrat, criticized the veto of his bill as “a failure to push back against the racial rhetoric and bullying...
California Requires Ethnic Studies for University System
SACRAMENTO — Students at California State University, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, will need to take an ethnic studies course to graduate under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The change comes amid the national reckoning over racism and police brutality sparked by the police killing...
Walters: Another Version of ‘Ethnic Studies’
A year ago, the California Department of Education released a draft of guidelines for implementing “ethnic studies” in public high schools. It unleashed a torrent of controversy — for good reason. The 303-page document was ersatz Marxist agitprop that, if adopted, would have drummed into young minds the notion that...
California Universities, Legislature Spar Over Ethnic Studies Requirement
SACRAMENTO — Trustees of California State University are expected to vote Wednesday on making ethnic studies a graduation requirement. If approved, it would be the first change to the school’s general education curriculum in over 40 years and would come amid the national uproar over racism and police brutality. The...
Armenian, Jewish Groups Upset Over Exclusion in State Curriculum
According to a draft proposal of the state's ethnic studies model curriculum, Armenians and Jews aren't worthy of inclusion. Neither are their genocides. Organizations representing both groups want that fixed. Listen to this article: The curriculum is supposed to make California high school students more aware of...
Walters: Ethic Studies Time Bomb Explodes
State legislators and then-Gov. Jerry Brown should have known that they were lighting the fuse of a political time bomb three years ago when they ordered up a “model curriculum in ethnic studies” for high school students. The bomb is now exploding. The state Department of Education has released a 303-page...
Walters: Ethic Studies Time Bomb Explodes
State legislators and then-Gov. Jerry Brown should have known that they were lighting the fuse of a political time bomb three years ago when they ordered up a “model curriculum in ethnic studies” for high school students. The bomb is now exploding. The state Department of Education has released a 303-page...