equity – California Globe

Las Vegas Middle School Teacher Admits Breaking District Policy to Affirm Pronouns, Coach Students on ‘Coming Out’ as Queer

June 23, 2026 2:01 pmJune 23, 2026 2:01 pm

An undercover investigation by O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) has exposed a Clark County School District middle school teacher who openly admitted to violating district policy on student pronouns, coaching children as young as 11 on coming out as queer, promoting...

UC STEM Professors Demand SAT/ACT Return After Failed Equity Experiment

June 1, 2026 2:36 pmJuly 1, 2026 11:21 am

More than 800 University of California faculty members, including a majority of mathematics department chairs across the UC system, have signed an open letter (see below) to the UC Board of Regents, UC Office of the President, Academic Senate leadership,...

Long Beach Pride Festival Canceled Amid Permit Chaos and Finger-Pointing

May 22, 2026 11:10 amMay 22, 2026 11:10 am

Long Beach, California—home to one of the state’s longest-running Pride events—saw its multi-day festival collapse in spectacular fashion this past weekend. The Long Beach Pride Festival, planned for Marina Green Park on May 16-17, 2026, under the banner “Fearless and...

Classrooms First: California Must Stop Feeding Bureaucracy and Start Funding Teachers and Students

April 8, 2026 9:00 amApril 8, 2026 9:01 am

California pours enormous resources into public education from Transitional Kindergarten through community college, the TK-14 system. Proposition 98 guarantees roughly $125.5 billion in recent years for TK-12 and community colleges, with total TK-12 spending (all sources) approaching $149 billion annually....

California DEI Education Continues Despite Presidential Executive Order to End It

January 6, 2026 2:25 pmJanuary 6, 2026 9:09 pm

On January 20, 2025, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, which Trump said “demonstrated immense public waste and shameful discrimination.” Trump ordered the coordination for the termination of...

California Math Framework: Equity or Academic Sabotage?

August 11, 2025 2:55 amAugust 11, 2025 2:56 am

“Through the vibrancy of our curriculum, the engagement of peers, and the guidance of thoughtful teachers, students leave with the tools to make a positive impact on the world.” That’s how Branson School in Marin County describes its mission. It...

Pretext as Policymaking

June 25, 2025 12:00 pmJune 25, 2025 12:04 pm

In California politics, solving real problems often takes a backseat to appearances. Lawmakers declare a crisis on things like housing, climate, public safety, then rush to “do something,” regardless of whether their action actually helps. What they offer isn’t leadership;...