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California adopts Ethnic Studies Curriculum
By NINA AGRAWAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES – MARCH 18, 2021 Ending years-long and often divisive debate over ethnic studies coursework in California’s K-12 schools, the State Board of Education on Thursday ... -
A final vote for California's controversial ethnic studies curriculum
BY: JOHN FENSTERWALD, EDSource – MARCH 17, 2021 On Thursday, the State Board of Education will adopt an Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for high schools that is four years, four ... -
What Americans don’t know about Latino history could fill a museum
By STEPHEN PITTI, LOS ANGELES TIMES ~ DEC. 16, 2020 On Thursday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) blocked a bipartisan congressional effort to establish a new Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino, ... -
California to require ethnic studies to graduate high school under bill headed to Gov. Newsom
By: JOHN FENSTERWALD, EdSource – Sep. 1, 2020 California would become the first state to require that all high school students pass a one-semester ethnic studies course to graduate if ... -
A tale of two ethnic studies proposals for California State University students
Gov. Gavin Newsom must decide soon whether to sign or veto Assembly Bill 1460. By: ASHLEY A. SMITH, EdSource – Aug. 12, 2020 With the debate settled on whether California college ... -
‘Herstory’ is out as California revamps K-12 ethnic studies course guide
By NINA AGRAWAL, HOWARD BLUME, Los Angeles Times – AUG. 1, 2020 State officials unveiled their latest try at an ethnic studies curriculum for K-12 students Friday, and it’s clear their ... -
UC regents unanimously endorse restoring affirmative action
By: Teresa Watanabe ~ Los Angeles Times ~ June 15, 2020 More than two decades after affirmative action was outlawed at public campuses, University of California regents on Monday unanimously ... -
Diversity still matters
Inclusion and diversity are at risk in the crisis—but are critical for business recovery, resilience, and reimagination. By Kevin Dolan, Vivian Hunt, Sara Prince, and Sandra Sancier-Sultan, McKinsey & Company – May 19, 2020 ... -
California’s public college campuses are so diverse, but their faculty and leaders aren’t, a new ...
By Teresa Wantanabe ~ LA Times ~ March 8, 2018 California’s public colleges and universities face a “drastic disparity” in diversity between their undergraduates, who are overwhelmingly students of color, and ... -
America is more diverse than ever before, but its schools are growing more segregated
By: Beverly Daniel Tatum, Los Angeles Times ~ Sept. 12 2017 America’s school-age population is more diverse than ever before, reflecting the demographic shift rapidly taking place in our country. America’s schools, however, ...
