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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...

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A one-month fundraising effort to help with the planning and...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — A one-month fund drive to support planning and redevelopment efforts on the former Southern Vermont College campus has easily surpassed the ambitious $500,000 goal. Leaders of the Grateful Bennington campaign and of Southwestern Vermont Health Care, which purchased the 371-acre campus in December, announced Thursday afternoon that the total raised was more than $566,000. “This was a tremendous testimony to the level of ...

Phil Reilly is part of an accidental educational movement.

Vanishing act Getting them back requires ingenuity C HILDREN ARE vanishing from public schools. New York City has lost 30,000 pupils this school year compared with the previous one, a 3% decline. Los Angeles Unified’s roster decreased by 19,233 (4%), and Boston’s by 5% (2,368 pupils). For a variety of reasons, children from pre-kindergarten to high school are disappearing from the rolls. Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid. How worrying is this? Analyses are li...

Learning Education Secretary Nominee Is A Trailblazer in Ethnic Studies Cardona’s trademark achievement was overseeing the institution of the countrys first government-mandated ethnic studies class. Min City Journal’s Max Eden notes that many heaved a sigh of relief when President Biden nominated Miguel Cardona to become Secretary of Education. He’s at least described as “an agnostic” on charter schools and, as Connecticut Commissioner of Education, admitted that s...

eye on the news Secretary of Ethnic Studies? President Biden’s choice to lead the Education Department has a thin record—except in one trailblazing area. Politics and law Education President Biden’s nomination of Miguel Cardona to be Secretary of Education was greeted with a sigh of relief from some education reformers—more for who he isn’t than for who he is. He isn’t a teachers’ union leader. He’s not a tenured radical. He isn’t a vocal charter school oppone...

Published February 1, 2021, 8:00 AM This is part of a series of profiles on a new generation of leaders, thinkers, creators, innovators, and trailblazers across many fields in the country. The list is drawn under the theme “What’s Now, What’s New, What’s Next” in celebration of Manila Bulletin’s 121st anniversary as an exponent of Philippine progress. Pauline Suaco-Juan: A case of reinvention When former fashion editrix Pauline Suaco-Juan was appointed executive editor of the Cente...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — A community fund drive will be conducted in February with the goal of raising $500,000 to assist in planning and implementing reuse and redevelopment efforts for the former Southern Vermont College campus and its buildings. David Newell, a member of the college’s board of trustees prior to its closure in 2019, and Michael McKenna, of D.B. McKenna & Co. financial advisors, proposed the idea to Southwestern Vermont Health...