Social studies is a vast discipline. Teaching basic economic principles, the critical civics knowledge how to register to ...

A student's presentation for an ethnic studies class at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Miramar Campus in 2019. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Ending years-long and often divisive debate over ...

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A trustee on the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Education says he has been silenced after trying to put plans for new K-12 ethnic studies curricula on the board's agenda for discussion with ...

California’s proposed curriculum guide in ethnic studies is being sent back for substantial revision after a pileup of criticism that it’s anti-Semitic and freighted with jargon and political ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The California State Board of Education on Thursday approved the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum for high schools, saying the teaching of discrimination and ...

The California Department of Education has posted a draft of its proposed ethnic studies curriculum – the first state-level curriculum on the academic subject in the country – and is asking for public ...

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California’s proposed ethnic studies curriculum “falls short and needs to be substantially redesigned,” said state education leaders as more ethnic organizations called for revisions Tuesday. Earlier, ...

Ending years-long and often divisive debate over ethnic studies coursework in California’s K-12 schools, the State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved a model curriculum to guide how ...