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California Secretary of State Shirley Weber joined hundreds of teacher advocates in Sacramento on Monday to look at where teaching in the state stands — all from a perspective of teachers of color.

Watching teachers unions, government school honchos, the media, etc., deny that Critical Race Theory (which makes race the prism through which its proponents

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Educators are turning a skeptical eye to the longstanding practice of tracking students into classrooms based on ability levels. Mixing kids up, they say, can promote equity and improve learning for all, but not everyone is convinced.

Educators are turning a skeptical eye to the longstanding practice of tracking students into classrooms based on ability levels. Mixing kids up, they say, can promote equity and improve learning for all, but not everyone is convinced.

How California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum Got Sucked Into the Culture Wars By By Top researcher calls such inclusive models the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of American education reform As a middle schooler, early December was an agonizing time of year for civil rights activist Karen Korematsu. When the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack approached, she made excuses to avoid the school bus where students subjected her to racist bullying. “Go home.” “You don’t belong here.” Koremat...

Had they more time and an endless reservoir of patience, the board, the California Department of Education and the Instructional Quality Commission, which reports to the state board, could have continued to refine what and how ethnic studies should be taught. But the Legislature set an April 1 deadline to pass the model curriculum, and more iterations would not resolve the irreconcilable differences between its staunchest advocates and critics. The model curriculum, while voluntary for district...