Liberated Ethnic Studies Comes Down the Pike to K-5 Classrooms
In October 2021, Governor Newsom signed California’s ethnic studies mandate for high schools into law. While many school districts are still deciding on the specific curricula contents for their high…
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Ethnic Studies 101
What is Ethnic Studies? Ethnic Studies is a subject that might be taught in your child’s school. It sort of sounds nice, until you realize that it seeks to…
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Seventh and Eighth grade ethnic studies course features ‘Genderbread Person’ activity and unit on ‘Intersectionality’
Long Beach Unified School District’s middle school ethnic studies course description states that students will “understand the politics of privilege and the historical reasons for structural racism, classism and…
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Tamalpais Union High School District ethnic studies course teaches students “the tenets of critical race theory” and how to use it to analyze historical and current events
Tamalpais Union High School District’s course for grades 10-12 titled “Ethnic Studies: An Examination of Race in the United States” unit 1 learning goals include that “Students will know…
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Anti-Israel, pro-BDS component in ethnic studies curriculum
The controversial ethnic studies consultant company, Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium, has come under scrutiny for linking on their website to Teach Palestine. They have since removed…
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Napa school district offers special ethnic studies guidance for white teachers
A curriculum consultant contracted by a California school district will provide professional development training that includes guidance to white teachers on how to teach ethnic studies, highlighting a nationwide trend…
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REDSTATE: California School District Adopts Ethnic Training Sessions for ‘White Teachers and White Students’
A California school district has contracted with a ‘Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium‘ training center to provide anti-racism training to teachers and district staff.
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Stockton Unified School District ethnic studies curriculum focuses on intersectionality, power, oppression and student activism
Stockton Unified School District’s Ethnic Studies program features learning outcomes such as critiquing “empire-building in history and its relationship to white supremacy, racism and other forms of power and…
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TOWNHALL: WA School District Launched an ‘Ethnic Studies’ Program Teaching Students to Resist ‘Systems of Oppression’
The Northshore School District in Washington state launched an ethnic studies program early last year in which an Ethnic Studies Pilot Work Team was offered materials to learn about “transformative…
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