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Jump to navigation By 06/30/2021 High school students may soon take courses in ethnic studies, after the Marin County Office of Education approved a resolution affirming the value of the curriculum last week. The resolution is nonbinding, but local schools often model their instruction on the office’s recommendations. The curriculum aims to illuminate the untold struggles and contributions of Native, African, Latino and Asian Americans. “Research has shown that students who do not see themselves and their families reflected in the curriculum may have a weaker connection to school or disengage from learning,” educators Amie Carter and Jan La Torre-Derby wrote. “This can be mitigated when students see themselves, their families, and their histories represented in a positive light in school curricula.” The resolution follows an ethnic studies model curriculum adopted by the California State Board of Education in March, after three years and more than 1 ....
Amid the long-running controversy over a California ethnic studies curriculum that in an early draft omitted Jews and criticized Israel, a newly released ethnic studies curriculum in Marin County takes a different approach, incorporating a healthy portion of its lessons to teaching about antisemitism, the Holocaust and Jewish emigration to the United States. It will be finalized in time for the start of school in August and distributed to all four Marin high school districts, which will be able to decide independently how or whether to use it. According to a copy of the draft dated June 14 and provided to J., the lessons on anti-Jewish hate are framed through the definitions of antisemitism provided by the Anti-Defamation League and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The 44-page curriculum devotes six pages to the topic in a section titled “Antisemitism and its Impact on Jewish Americans in the U.S.” ....
Citing local incidents, Marin includes antisemitism in ethnic studies curriculum – J. jweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.