ethnic studies – California Globe

Liberation, Resistance, Intersectionality… A Critical Look at Existing Ethnic Studies Courses in California

May 15, 2023 7:42 amMay 16, 2023 9:03 pm

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...

New Report: University Policies Fail to Protect Jewish Students from Antisemitism

December 16, 2022 8:30 am

What happened to the campus Chess Club, the Cinema Club or the Key Club which as a student-led organization, the club’s goal was to encourage leadership through serving others? Today on college campuses we see Berkeley Law for Palestine, the...

OPINION: Education Lawmaking in California is Overshadowed by Teachers Unions

May 5, 2022 9:15 amMay 5, 2022 9:21 am

In recent years, California has become a national icon for modeling progressive education policies, thanks to a State Legislature occupied by a Democratic supermajority and a complacent education bureaucracy. The state has codified controversial mandates for comprehensive sex education, ethnic...

CA’s Ethnic Studies Law Based on ‘Shoddy Works,’ Distorted Data, ‘Research Quicksand’

April 12, 2022 9:30 am

Last fall, California Gov. Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 101, a mandatory K-12 Ethnic Studies requirement authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside). The governor vetoed Medina’s controversial previous version, Assembly Bill 331, saying it was “insufficiently balanced and inclusive” and would...

California Schools Ignoring Unsuitable, Graphic Sex Curriculum, Student Sexual Harassment

March 14, 2022 9:35 amMarch 16, 2022 6:28 am

Last year, California’s public school population saw a drop by 160,000 kids. Some experts say that enrollment drop was even higher. This year, experts expect even more parents to pull their kids from public schools, for myriad reasons. When Gov....

Politicians Give Themselves Raises, Pass Frivolous Legislation While California Burns

October 14, 2021 2:33 amApril 3, 2022 7:57 am

The spate of non-serious legislation passed by the California Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom would just be considered a silly extravagance if the state’s problems were all solved. Press play to hear a narrated version of...

Gov. Newsom Signs K-12 Ethnic Studies Bill: ‘State-Sponsored Antisemitism’

October 9, 2021 9:04 amOctober 9, 2021 9:17 am

Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the controversial Assembly Bill 331, authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), which would have added the new K-12 Ethnic Studies requirement. Newsom noted that there was an “uncertainty” about current K-12 curriculum in the...