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Sacramento Bee
1 week ago
Education

Ethnic Studies gave student sense of self, he says. Fresno teachers plead for investment

Taking a Chicano Studies class allowed a student to understand his family's journey, find his identity, and feel empowered by learning untold history. [ more ]
Sacramento Bee
2 weeks ago
Education

Graduation requirement could be at risk if Fresno Unified cuts Ethnic Studies budget

Ethnic Studies classes are at risk due to budget cuts in Fresno Unified schools. [ more ]
New York Post
2 months ago
Education

The NYT finally admits it: Schools are teaching our kids divisive critical race theory

The New York Times acknowledges that K-12 education is influenced by political ideologies.
California's ethnic studies curriculum exhibits anti-Semitism and promotes anti-Israel rhetoric. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
2 months ago
Education

California's Push for Ethnic Studies Runs Into the Israel-Hamas War

California requires public high schools to teach ethnic studies by 2025 and mandates it for graduation by 2030.
The discipline of ethnic studies focuses on four groups: Black Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans, but the California curriculum has also included the stories of Jewish Americans while eliminating discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [ more ]
Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago
Black Lives Matter

CUNY awarded $5 million for ethnic studies graduate program

CUNY received a $5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch the state's first graduate degree program in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies.
The grant will support incoming doctoral students and new professors, with an emphasis on advancing research and coursework on race and ethnicity. [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
3 months ago
Los Angeles

UCLA doubles down on ethnic studies expansion amid fraught national politics

Morgan Chu, an attorney who grew up in the US, never learned about the history of Asian Americans in school.
Chu and his wife, Helen, donated $10 million to create endowed chairs for ethnic studies at UCLA. [ more ]
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