Modesto City Schools’ ethnic studies course includes topics such as decolonization, systems of power, oppression, and requires students to engage in various forms of activism; required course materials include Newsela’s controversial ‘California Ethnic Studies Collection’

SUMMARY Modesto City Schools’ revised ethnic studies course includes a focus on decolonization, systems of power, oppression, and requires students to engage in forms of activism. The required…

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LiberatED: Brea Olinda Unified School District

The course overview for high school ethnic studies at the the Brea Olinda Unified School District (BOUSD), explains that students “will look at how race, ethnicity, gender, beliefs, and additional…

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LiberatED: University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

SUMMARY The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts and minor program in “Chicano-Latino Studies,” where students are taught skills that include “an…

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LiberatED: Santa Rosa City Schools

Santa Rosa City Schools (SRCS) in California proposed and approved an ethnic studies course that satisfies 10 English credits with learning outcomes aimed at instructing students to: “think independently…

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LiberatED: San Diego Unified School District’s ethnic studies courses include texts on “white fragility” and “white privilege”; additional courses teach students to develop a “critical consciousness” by teaching them “critical theory” and “critical race theory.”

SUMMARY San Diego Unified School District’s ethnic studies courses feature content such as critical race theory, oppression, privilege, power, white fragility, and whiteness. Courses also include Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy…

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