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California education officials are considering applying a social justice paradigm to teaching K-12 mathematics that would erase "White supremacy" from the subject and eliminate gifted classes for students.

THOMAS ELIAS Newsom claims to have assured that all kids will soon start learning about their own ethnic histories, but has made official a program that still contains historical errors

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed several notable bills into law in recent days having been buoyed after winning his recall election last month.

The measure is one of a series of progressive laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom after surviving recall petition

The requirement would apply to students who graduate in 2030 and was created and approved by the state Board of Education in March after revisions to make it more inclusive.

California on Friday became the first state to require an ethnic studies credit for high school graduation, a move Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom approved after surviving a recall vote last month.

California on Friday became the first state to require an ethnic studies credit for high school graduation, a move Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom approved after surviving a recall vote last month.

As its name should make abundantly clear, Critical Race Theory (CRT) is the child of Critical Theory (CT), or, to be more precise, its grandchild. Critical Theory is the immediate forebearer of Critical Legal Theory (CLT), and CLT begat CRT. As we discuss in this Backgrounder, however, there are strong thematic components linking CT, CLT, and CRT. Among these are:

An investigation into studies cited in the CA Math Framework draft that claims math is “racist” found results were often misrepresented.

Research Used to Justify California’s ‘Equity’ Math Doesn’t Add Up Part 1 of a Series on ‘Social Justice’ Research (Part 2 here) The push to create “equity” and more “social justice” in public schools in America’s largest state rests on this basic premise: “We reject ideas of natural gifts and talents,” declares the current draft of the California Math Framework, which also states that it rejects “the cult of genius.” Informed by that fundamental idea, the 800-pag...