Author: Wenyuan Wu
Wenyuan Wu holds a Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Miami and is the Executive Director of Californians for Equal Rights Foundation. She previously served in the same capacity for the historic No on 16 Campaign. She writes for Minding the Campus of the National Association of Scholars and sits on the board of Parents Defending Education Action.
Liberation, Resistance, Intersectionality… A Critical Look at Existing Ethnic Studies Courses in California
Many school districts in California have started teaching Ethnic Studies ahead of the state mandated timeline of 2025. This has come on the back of a multi-year movement to promote Ethnic Studies in K-12, a movement fraught with controversies and...
Preventing Police Misconduct Requires Practical Actions, Not Ideological Reforms
By Wenyuan Wu and Paul Cappitelli The horrific death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis has ignited yet another media firestorm and public outcry for systemic change in policing. News outlets and social media platforms couldn’t wait to associate the...
Disastrous Learning Results, Ideological Indoctrination Prompt Working-Class, Military Community to Speak Up
Oceanside, California is a beautiful seaside town and home to a working-class community with a median per-capita income of $37,366. The city’s two largest public employers are: Oceanside Unified School District (OUSD), a public K-12 school district, and Camp Pendleton,...
Curing the Chasm between Parents and Kids
The liberty of a parent to the care, custody and control of their child is a fundamental right that resides first in the parent. – Wyoming Statutes § 14-2-206 (a) (2019) The manufactured divide between parents and their school-age children...
Liberated Ethnic Studies Comes to K-5 Classrooms
In October 2021, Governor Newsom signed California’s ethnic studies mandate for high schools into law. While many school districts are still deciding on the specific curricula contents for their high school ethnic studies courses, a group of teacher activists have...
School Safety: Can We Risk Politicizing It?
In the wake of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Americans have renewed public debates on school safety, gun control, and mental health. In California, Democratic lawmakers rushed to advance a flurry of bills to tighten government regulations over...