Tag: Ethnic Studies
Lawfare Project to Gov. Newsom: Ethnic-studies curriculum violates civil-rights laws
The Lawfare Project is urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom to prevent the implementation of its recently approved Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum over concerns that it could violate federal and state civil rights laws.
In a...
Jewish, pro-Israel groups express mixed reactions to adoption of California’s ethnic-studies track
Jewish and pro-Israel groups expressed mixed reaction to California’s approval of the state’s ethnic-studies curriculum that had become a flashpoint over concerns about anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias.
On Thursday, the State Board of Education unanimously approved the...
Academic review questions benefits of California ethnic-studies curriculum
Thirty-five academics have found serious methodological flaws and a significant lack of evidence in the research hailed as the rationale for developing California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, which has been accused of containing anti-Semitic material.
“We are...
Gov. Newsom vetoes California ethnic-studies bill requiring high school anti-Israel curriculum
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would make ethnic-studies courses a high school graduation requirement.
Newsom, a Democrat, cited the ongoing pushback over the curriculum for why he vetoed the measure, AB-331.
“I value...
80 groups call on California governor to veto high school ethnic-studies bill
Eighty groups have called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a bill that would make ethnic-studies courses a high school graduation requirement.
California’s Department of Education released its recommendations to revise the state’s proposed ethnic-studies model...
Revised California ethnic-studies curriculum draft ‘deeply problematic,’ still ‘exclusionary’
California’s Department of Education released its recommendations to revise the state’s proposed ethnic-studies model curriculum at the end of July, as the original draft curriculum had come under fire for containing anti-Semitic and anti-Israel content, in...
Jewish and other minority groups denounce California’s narrow focus on ‘people of color’ in...
Several Jewish and other ethnic minority organizations are urging California’s leaders to reconsider narrowing the state’s proposed ethnic-studies curriculum, which focuses solely on “people of color” at the expense of other minority groups in...
Israeli-Americans mobilizing against ‘biased’ California ethnic-studies curriculum
The Israeli-American Council (IAC) is working to mobilize the Israeli-American community across California to oppose the inclusion of anti-Semitic content in any ethnic-studies curriculum, which is currently under consideration for the California public school...