Posts Tagged: California Ethnic Studies Curriculum
The Tale of Two Ethnic Studies: A Case of Bait and Switch
When California lawmakers approved AB 2016, a landmark bill mandating the development of an ethnic studies model curriculum for high school students, they believed that teaching ethnic...
Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and My Grandmother
JNS.org - In 1979, my grandmother, Tsilya Reitburd-Mendzheritsky, was taken to a Soviet prison in Dmitrov, a small town about an hour from her home...
A Call Not to Ratify California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum
JNS.org - In an effort to create a more culturally relevant curriculum that encourages students to feel “more personally empowered,” the State of California’s Department...
California’s Ethnic-Studies Curriculum Is a Serious Issue for All of Us
JNS.org - California, home to earthquakes and Hollywood fantasy, is about to experience a seismic shift in its public-school curriculum—one that, if enacted, will erode...
Jewish Groups Applaud Revisions to California Ethnic-Studies Curriculum
JNS.org - Jewish and pro-Israel groups have applauded revisions to California’s proposed ethnic-studies curriculum, which were approved this week by an advisory board to the...
