Otherwise teachers get to tell parents on Back to School night that their kids are oppressors Activists are once more taking aim at California’s “Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum,” demanding a broader historical perspective than critical race theory. The 45-day comment period on the latest revision ends Jan. 21. The California Department of Education will present its third and final draft and summary of new comments to the State Board of Education March 17-18. In response to 57,000 comments submitted over an 18-month period, the Instructional Quality Commission revised the model curriculum for a second time in November. Previously, Jewish groups expressed dissatisfaction with how the ESMC would teach historical events through a lens of “white privilege.” Arab groups also complained, suggesting “Islamophobia” was behind their absence in the curriculum.