California Board of Education

New Bill Introduced to Create Content Standards For Ethnic Studies Classes

February 24, 2025 1:17 pmFebruary 24, 2025 1:30 pm

Over the weekend, a new bill that would create content standards for high school ethnic studies courses and have the state review curriculum and materials for ethnic studies courses was introduced in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 1468, authored by Assemblyman...

California Education Leaders React To New ICE Guidelines Allowing Them to Enter Schools, Churches

January 24, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 24, 2025 2:46 am

California education leaders continued to react to the Trump Administration’s announcement earlier this week that ICE would be allowed to make arrests at schools, which were considered by previous administrations as “sensitive” spaces for illegal immigrants. Upon taking office on...

New High School Ethnic Studies Curriculum Passed Unanimously By State Board of Education

March 19, 2021 3:46 pm

On Thursday, the California Board of Education approved a statewide ethnic studies curriculum for high schools, with board members voting unanimously 11-0 in favor of the new lesson plans. First planned in 2018, the statewide ethnic studies program curriculum has...

California Sued By Parents Over Remote Learning Inequalities

December 3, 2020 2:20 amDecember 2, 2020 8:27 pm

Earlier in the week, a group of seven Los Angeles and Alameda County families sued the California Board of Education, the Department of Education, and state Superintendent for Public Instruction Tony Thurmond over accusations of not giving students in the...

School Lockdown Drills Are To Be Reviewed Under New Law

October 15, 2019 2:05 amOctober 15, 2019 1:12 pm

Senate Bill 541 was signed into law, requiring the California Board of Education to conduct studies to find the best way to conduct school drills across California, as well as find the right number of drills a year. Besides fire...