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State Withholds Release of Presumably Poor Student Test Scores Until After Election

September 23, 2022 10:02 amSeptember 23, 2022 11:22 am

In a brazenly political move, California Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education announced they will not release statewide student test scores until after the November election. “In a significant departure, the California Department of Education...

Liberated Ethnic Studies Comes to K-5 Classrooms

June 20, 2022 3:42 pmJune 20, 2022 4:45 pm

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...

What Is in California’s Code of Regulations Title 5?

May 16, 2022 2:13 amMay 15, 2022 6:18 pm

The California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 5 is one of 27 Titles that contain state regulations. Title 5, called “Education,” contains 13 Divisions. There are also numerous chapters and articles containing regulatory sections, or individual regulations. The following is...

California Refuses to Give Up ‘Woke Math’

May 12, 2022 7:39 am

“Like the return of the undead, woke math has come back to haunt California’s classrooms and make it even harder for the state’s struggling students to receive a quality education,” Lance Izumi, Senior Director of the Center for Education at...

Lawsuit Forces California Department of Education to Remove Aztec God Chants From Ethnic Studies Curriculum

January 18, 2022 2:27 amApril 3, 2022 3:09 pm

The California Department of Education (CDE) agreed to drop two religious chants from its ethnic studies model curriculum (ESMC) during the weekend after parents, the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, and the Thomas More Society threatened to sue them over...

Spreckels Union School Board Meeting: Exposing Activist Teachers Recruiting Kids

December 15, 2021 2:20 pm

Normally, notice of the Spreckels Union School District board meeting Wednesday evening would not register on anyone’s radar. But the Spreckles school district has been in the news recently for subverting parents on issues surrounding gender identity. In short, parents...

Gavin Newsom is Right – There’s Much His Replacement Can Do If He’s Recalled

September 4, 2021 8:05 amSeptember 6, 2021 11:59 am

During an August 19th interview with a panic-stricken Gov. Gavin Newsom, reporter Elex Michaelson asked Newsom if there’s really anything a new Republican governor could do with super-duper Democratic majorities in the legislature and with every statewide office in the...