Ethnic studies are a valuable component in a student’s education and should be offered in all schools. Northern Arizona University defines ethnic studies as “the interdisciplinary study of race and ...

California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond speaks at a press conference in 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond ...

The article was updated on Aug. 1 to include comments from the co-chair of the committee of ethnic studies educators who wrote most of the first draft in 2019. The California Department of Education ...

The Master of Arts in Ethnic Studies is designed to advance students’ knowledge and understanding of indigenous communities and communities of color through analyses and application of the theories, ...

Just a month after three new board members were elected to the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education, the group got straight to business as it tackled two major and contentious ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Students at the University have always been active in promoting diversity and ethnic awareness on ...

This course examines the historical, political and social dynamics of race and ethnicity in the United States. It investigates the creation and effects of these social concepts on the experiences, ...

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A student presentation on Mayan math is displayed in teacher Ron Espiritu's ethnic studies classroom at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy in Los Angeles. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) After more ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs lots of new ethnic ...

Our students become keen critical thinkers who understand how race, ethnicity, gender, class, indigeneity and sexuality affect people’s lives, and they apply this knowledge to a number of satisfying ...

To the editor: With the experience of teaching ethnic studies many decades ago at a Colorado high school (it was called “human relations”), I believe that the success of California’s new curriculum on ...