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California school-board trustees teach hate, division and hypocrisy 

By Mitch Siegler and Sara E. Brown | May 9, 2025 | JNS
California’s Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) in Watsonville, near San Jose, has an antisemitism problem. At a recent PVUSD meeting, Jewish community members voiced concerns about one of the proposed professional development vendors for the district’s “liberated ethnic studies,” specifically the Community Responsive Education.

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Hate, Division, Extremism and Antisemitism: The New Face of K-12 Education

By Mitch Siegler | May 6, 2025 | THINC.org


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Sequoia Union modifies ethnic studies curriculum

By Jennifer Yoshikoshi | April 28, 2025 | The Almanac


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University of California Rejects Ethnic Studies Admissions Requirement in Faculty Assembly Vote

By Dion J. Pierre | April 25, 2025 | Algemeiner


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Lawmakers nix ethnic studies classes in final hours of session after Trump administration threat

By Ryan Murphy | April 25, 2025 | Indianapolis Star


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Sequoia revises curriculum for ethnic studies

By Ana Mata | April 25, 2025 | San Mateo Daily Journal


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Lawmakers end radical and ethnic studies course mandate, make more education changes as session ends

By Aleksandra Appleton | April 24, 2025 | Chalkbeat


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UC Rejects Ethnic Studies Admissions Requirement

By Aaron Bandler | April 24, 2025 | Jewish Journal


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UC faculty to consider its own high school ethnic studies mandate

By John Fensterwald | April 22, 2025 | EdSource


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Ethnic studies standards can’t save California’s deeply flawed mandate

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin | April 22, 2025 | EdSource


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Ethnic studies bill in state legislature will be a fight, says JPAC director

By Niva Ashkenazi | April 21, 2025 | J. Weekly


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When Faculty Fail, Antisemitism Spreads – UC Must Say No to Area H

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin | April 21, 2025 | Jewish Journal


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This high school course is dividing districts across California

By Eric He | April 20, 2025 | Politico


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California officials find bias in Bay Area district’s ethnic studies classes

By Jill Tucker | April 17, 2025 | San Francisco Chronicle


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Bay Area high school districts cited, must provide anti-bias training to teachers

By John Fensterwald | April 10, 2025 | EdSource


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California’s DOE finds school’s ethnic studies curriculum discriminated against Jewish students

By Grace Gilson | April 9, 2025 | JTA


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State probe: Two San Jose teachers’ lessons ‘discriminated’ against Jews

By Emma Goss | April 8, 2025 | J. Weekly


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Parents Don’t Trust Teachers’ Unions

By Mitch Siegler | April 2, 2025 | THINC.org


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This bill ensures ethnic studies will combat all forms of hate

By Dawn Addis | March 30, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee


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California’s ethnic studies mandate is a failure and should be abandoned

By Marsha Sutton | March 30, 2025 | Times of San Diego


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How the MTA embraced misinformation and lost our trust

By Jany Finkielsztein & Mitch Siegler | March 27, 2025 | JNS
Rather than adhere to educational standards, the Massachusetts Teachers Association has pursued a one-sided approach when teaching about Israel and Hamas.

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A Wave of New Legislation Aims to Ban DEI in Public Schools

By Sarah Schwartz | March 26, 2025 | EducationWeek


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Why all Minnesotans should support H.F. 29

By Katherine Kersten | March 25, 2025 | American Experiment


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Guest Commentary | AB 1468 will set clear curriculum standards for ethnic studies

By Dawn Addis | March 25, 2025 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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Long-term psychological impact of Jew-hatred from Massachusetts teachers union, experts say

By Mike Wagenheim | March 14, 2025 | JNS


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How A New ‘Ethnic Studies’ Curriculum Promotes Anti-Semitism In California

By Walter Myers | March 13, 2025 | The Daily Wire


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ICAN Welcomes Commission on State of Hate Annual Report Highlighting Ethnic Studies Dangers, Calls for Pause

By | March 13, 2025 | ICAN


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High school trustee raised important concerns

By Michelle Koskella | March 11, 2025 | The Daily Journal


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Renewed push to reshape ethnic studies with oversight and new standards

By John Fensterwald | March 11, 2025 | EdSource


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Renewed push to reshape ethnic studies with oversight and new standards

By John Fensterwald | March 11, 2025 | EdSource


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Teachers’ union seeks to silence dissent through retaliation

By Parent | March 10, 2025 | The Daily Journal


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In support of free expression

By Parent | March 10, 2025 | The Daily Journal


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Massachusetts schools need a balanced curriculum on the Mideast

By The Editorial Board | March 9, 2025 | The Boston Globe


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Teachers’ union seeks censure of San Mateo Union High School District trustee

By Ana Mata | March 7, 2025 | The Daily Journal


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Bill seeking vetted, uniform curriculum for ethnic studies

By Ana Mata | March 7, 2025 | The Daily Journal


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Board member of anti-Israel teachers’ union is member of American Communist Party

By Haley Cohen | March 3, 2025 | Jewish Insider


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After Outcry, Education Department Walks Back Diversity Guidance

By Linda Jacobson | March 3, 2025 | The 74


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Parental rights group files complaint against Oregon school system for alleged racial discrimination

By Rachel del Guidice | March 3, 2025 | FOX News


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Top NC Republican files bill to ban DEI and ‘divisive concepts’ in public schools

By Kyle Ingram and T. Keung Hui | March 3, 2025 | The News & Observer


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MTA has yet to remove antisemitic teaching materials from its resource list, critics say

By Morgan Rousseau | March 2, 2025 | NewsBreak


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Marin school district apologizes for video with Leila Khaled T-shirt

By Gabe Stutman | February 28, 2025 | The Jewish News of Northern California


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Opinion: A Ruling Against Santa Ana’s Biased Ethnic Studies Puts Other CA Schools on Notice

By Marsha Sutton | February 27, 2025 | Times of San Diego


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A Case Study in What Not to Do

By Mitch Siegler | February 27, 2025 | THINC.org


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Santa Ana Unified needs to open up ethnic studies development in full public view

By The Editorial Board | February 26, 2025 | The Orange County Register


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Another three states could mandate AAPI studies in K-12 curricula

By Jane Park | February 25, 2025 | AsAmNews
THINC's take on pending Ethnic Studies legislation in Alaska, Arizona, and Washington was featured in AsAm News.

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PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

By American Federation of Teachers, American Sociological Association, American Federation of Teachers, Maryland | February 25, 2025 | Case file


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SCOOP: Jefferson County Public Schools ( @JCPSKY ) in KY are reportedly providing “racial equity” training to staff which includes analyzing a “Wheel of Privilege & Power” and teaching that “white supremacy culture permeate everything we do.”

By @libsoftiktok | February 25, 2025 | X


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CUSD Update: District Pauses Ethnic Studies Requirement, Adds Personal Finance Class

By Christine Van Tuyl | February 25, 2025 | The Coronado Times


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US teachers union in Massachusetts to remove antisemitic materials after backlash

By Daniel Edelson | February 24, 2025 | Y Net News


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US teachers union in Massachusetts to remove antisemitic materials after backlash

By Daniel Edelson | February 24, 2025 | Y Net News


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Antisemitic Ethnic Studies Classes to Cease in Santa Ana Unified School District

By SAUSD press release | February 20, 2025 | San Diego Jewish World


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Mass. teachers union removing materials knocked as antisemitic

By Sam Drysdale | February 19, 2025 | Telegram and Gazette


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Parents look to recall school board member

By Braden Cartwright | February 19, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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EXCLUSIVE: Teachers Association Promotes ‘Antisemitic’ Student Training Material Calling Israelis ‘Zionist Bullies’

By Jaryn Crouson | February 18, 2025 | Daily Caller


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Ethnic studies fight leads to backlash against CA school board member

By Austin Gergens | February 13, 2025 | Chalkboard News
The Palo Alto Unified School District Board voted this week not to censure a board member who previously voted against a measure to approve a controversial “liberated” ethnic studies curriculum for the district.

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Welcome to Hamasahusetts

By Frannie Block and Will Sussman | February 13, 2025 | The Free Press


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Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent sends email to staff doubling down on DEI

By Parents Defending Education | February 13, 2025 | Fairfax County Public Schools


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Chiu’s responsibilities to be ‘reassigned’ to other committees, resolution countered

By Celina Lee and Kristine Lin | February 12, 2025 | The Paly Voice


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Palo Alto School district weighs response to board member’s controversial social media post

By LaMonica Peters | February 12, 2025 | Fox Local


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Rebuke of board member over re-post fails

By Braden Cartwright | February 11, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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She survived Harvey Weinstein. Can she survive the Palo Alto school board?

By Michal Lev-Ram | February 11, 2025 | The San Francisco Standard


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Community members gather for tense board meeting

By Celina Lee and Kristine Lin | February 11, 2025 | The Paly Voice


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Preview: School board braces for Ethnic Studies fall-out

By Priya Tamura and Mayu Altekar-Okazaki | February 11, 2025 | The Paly Voice


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Here’s the letter the MTA recently sent out to every public school teacher in the state of Massachusetts.These Jew-hating racists have no business teaching our kids. They have no business teaching any kids.

By @JohnMirisch | February 10, 2025 | "X" Post


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San Dieguito pivots to make ethnic studies optional this fall, not a requirement

By Karen Billing | February 10, 2025 | The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Mill Valley activist group counters ethnic studies critics

By Keri Brenner | February 10, 2025 | Marin Independent Journal


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Chiu should apologize, not resign

By The Editors-in-Chief | February 10, 2025 | The Campanile


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Opinion: Why is PAUSD hiding its Ethnic Studies curriculum?

By Guest Opinion Writer | February 7, 2025 | Palo Alto Online


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Fresno Unified teachers say district is slow-walking ethnic studies launch

By Lasherica Thornton | February 6, 2025 | EdSource


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EDITORIAL: Editorial: Tam district will be keeping close eye on how ethnic studies are taught

By The Marin Independent Journal, Novat | February 6, 2025 | msn


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School board member apologizes for social media post as community splits on ethnic studies

By Lisa Moreno | February 6, 2025 | Palo Alto Online


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Opinion: Board should vote on ethnic studies again when it has the whole story

By Dave Price | February 6, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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Are the Winds Shifting in K-12 Education?

By Mitch Siegler | January 28, 2025 | THINC.org


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Open Letter to MTA President Max Page and the MTA Board Urging that the MTA End Efforts to Inject Its One-Sided Political Preferences into K-12 Classrooms

By Massachusetts Educators Against Antisemitism (MEAA) and AJC New England, cosigned by nearly 2,000 Massachusetts residents | February 5, 2025 | American Jewish Committee


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Official statement, complete transcript of interview with Rowena Chiu

By Ava Knapp | February 5, 2025 | The Paly Voice


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Chastised Palo Alto school board member acknowledges ‘lapse of judgment’

By John Fensterwald | February 5, 2025 | EdSource


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Rowena Chiu speaks with The Post: the full transcript

By Ella Persky | February 3, 2025 | Midpeninsula Post


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Ethnic studies should head back to board

By Dave Price | February 3, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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School board member Rowena Chiu gives the Daily Post an interview about Ethnic Studies

By | February 1, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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Tamalpais Union school district ethnic studies moves ahead

By Keri Brenner | January 30, 2025 | Marin Independent Journal


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PODCAST: Ethnic studies requirement sparks debate in Palo Alto

By John Fensterwald | January 30, 2025 | EdSource (podcast)


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Former school board members chide Rowena Chiu, admin union calls for her resignation

By | January 30, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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PAUSD board member Rowena Chiu asked to resign

By Ava Knapp | January 30, 2025 | The Paly Voice


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Fairfax County Public Schools spends more than $5.76 million on DEI budget

By Parents Defending Education | January 27, 2025 | Fairfax County Public Schools


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Anatomy of a divided California school board’s vote on ethnic studies

By John Fensterwald | January 27, 2025 | EdSource


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George Russell: Tam District ethnic studies curriculum faces criticism

By Geroge Russell | January 25, 2025 | Marin Independent Journal


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Palo Alto flip-flops on ethnic studies after divisive meeting

By Jill Tucker | January 24, 2025 | San Francisco Cronicle


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Ethnic studies graduation requirement narrowly passes at school board

By Lisa Moreno | January 24, 2025 | Palo Alto Online


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Split board approves Ethnic Studies curriculum

By Braden Cartwright | January 23, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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Tam Union parents object to speed of ethnic studies rollout

By Keri Brenner | January 21, 2025 | Marin Independent Journal


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Palo Alto Board of Education to reconsider dropping ethnic studies graduation requirement

By Lisa Moreno | January 21, 2025 | Palo Alto Online


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Ethnic Studies vote back on

By Braden Cartwright | January 21, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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PVUSD to hold special ethnic studies session

By Todd Guild | January 17, 2025 | The Pajaronian


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Silicon Valley school district abandons ethnic studies. Will other districts follow?

By Jill Tucker | January 17, 2025 | San Francisco Cronicle


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Palo Alto Unified School District drops ethnic studies graduation requirement

By Lisa Moreno | January 17, 2025 | Palo Alto Online


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District drops Ethnic Studies vote

By Braden Cartwright | January 17, 2025 | Palo Alto Daily Post


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Pajaro Valley Unified School District board to hold special meeting on ethnic studies

By Tania Ortiz | January 16, 2025 | Lookout Santa Cruz


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The voters and the court have spoken — PVUSD needs to bring back its ethnic studies contract

By  Nat Low, Eli Davies, Bobby Pelz, Cheryl Williams, Lourdes Barraza, Gabriel Barraza, Christine Hong and Roy Recio | January 7, 2025 | Lookout Santa Cruz


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@pv4esj

By Pajaro Valley for Ethnic Studies and Justice | January 6, 2025 | Instagram


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What is Normal?

By Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen, R. Tolteka Cuauhtin, Bao Lo, Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen, R. Tolteka Cuauhtin, Bao Lo, Theresa Montaño, & Lupe Carrasco Cardona | January 6, 2025 | Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Coalition


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New foundation launched to spotlight ‘divisive’ liberated ethnic studies curriculum

By Austin Gergens | January 2, 2025 | Chalkboard News
A new organization is focused on providing an alternative to liberated ethnic studies, a controversial curriculum that draws on critical race theory components. Its founder says it’s intended to spotlight race-focused instruction. Ahead of the holiday season, California businessman Mitch Siegler launched the THINC Foundation, which stands for transparency, honesty, and integrity in the classroom.

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Year in Review: Ethnic studies contract debate dominates Pajaro Valley school board meetings

By Nick Sestanovich | December 31, 2024 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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Tam Union parents scrutinize ethnic studies plan

By Keri Brenner | December 19, 2024 | Marin Independent Journal


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Tam Union school district faces persistent ethnic studies pushback

By Keri Brenner | December 18, 2024 | Marin Independent Journal


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What Are Your Kids Really Being Taught In School?

By Tom Jordan & Mitch Siegler | December 12, 2024 | Tom Jordan Live
Are schools teaching unity or division? Mitch Siegler, Founder of the THINC Foundation, joins Tom Jordan Live to reveal how "liberated ethnic studies" sneaks divisive ideologies into classrooms, replacing character and equality with resentment and identity politics—and what parents can do to reclaim their children's education.

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New foundation launched to end ‘Marxist’ takeover of ethnic studies

By Peter Cordi | December 10, 2024 | Washington Examiner
A new foundation launched on Tuesday seeks to warn parents about the hard-left “hijacking” of ethnic studies in K-12 education and hopes to facilitate intellectual diversity.

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With New Survey Data, THINC Foundation Launches to Expose “Liberated” Ethnic Studies in K-12 Classrooms

By THINC Foundation | December 10, 2024 | THINC.org
Today we are proud to announce the official launch of the THINC Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Transparency, Honesty, and Integrity in the Classroom by advocating for inclusive rather than "Liberated" Ethnic Studies (LES) in K-12 curricula.

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Five new faces and a fresh start: How controversy over ethnic studies helped reshape Pajaro Valley Unified School District

By Hillary Ojeda | December 9, 2024 | Lookout Santa Cruz


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Lawsuit filed against Bay Area school district for alleged antisemitism on campuses

By Suzanne Phan | November 15, 2024 | ABC 7


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How can we combat rising antisemitism in K-12 schools? Here are the steps

By Evan Bernstein | November 4, 2024 | The Jerusalem Post
To address these challenges, our communities must hold all schools accountable to provide Jewish students with a safe learning environment and teach all students tolerance instead of hate.

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Guest Commentary | Members of local Jewish community: Teach students to celebrate diversity through ethnic studies without furthering hate

By Santa Cruz Sentinel | November 1, 2024 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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The Kindergarten Intifada

By Abigail Shrier | October 31, 2024 | The Free Press
There is a well-coordinated, national effort between teachers, activist organizations, and administrators to indoctrinate American children against Israel.

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Guest Commentary | Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers supports liberated ethnic studies, school board candidates

By Rebecca Royston (+18 others) | October 28, 2024 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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No doubt CRT is taught in our schools

By Liv Finne | October 17, 2024 | Whitman County Gazette
In 2021, the Legislature passed, and on May 5th that year Gov. Jay Inslee signed, Senate Bill 5044 to require the teaching of “...equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school system.” This is the academic description for Critical Race Theory.

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What are your children being taught? The answer may surprise you.

By Lindsey Burke | October 17, 2024 | Stars & Stripes
Montgomery County Public Schools went out of its way to caveat its promotion of the toxic ideology of critical race theory. The district — the 14th largest in the country with more than 160,000 students — put out a statement on CRT in which, as the kids would say, the words “established legal theoretical framework” are doing all the work.

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New evidence shows harmful Critical Race Theory is taught in Washington public schools

By Liv Finne | October 16, 2024 | Washington Policy Center
Some media outlets and left-leaning activists maintain that harmful Critical Race Theory is not being taught in Washington public schools, but new evidence has emerged showing that CRT will be part of two upcoming teacher-training conferences.

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Black Nationalist Gets $20 Million to Promote ‘Segregation’ in Public Schools

By Francesca Block | October 16, 2024 | The Free Press
Sharif El-Mekki envisions a world where ‘all black students are taught by same-race teachers.’ He is backed by the Gates Foundation, NBC Universal, Nike, and the Bezos Family Foundation.

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Opinion: San Dieguito Teachers Union Desperately Trying to Defeat Michael Allman

By Marsha Sutton | October 14, 2024 | The Times of San Diego


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Opinion: San Dieguito Teachers Union Desperately Trying to Defeat Michael Allman

By Marsha Sutton | October 14, 2024 | The Times of San Diego


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Language in some ethnic studies programs reminds trustee of her childhood in Soviet Union

By Maya Phillips | October 8, 2024 | San Diego Union Tribune
When I read the Santa Ana Liberated Ethnic Studies Curriculum for the first time in September 2023, it brought back childhood memories from growing up in the Soviet Union.

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Antisemitism is exploding — because we’re teaching hate in public schools

By Nicole Neily | October 6, 2024 | New York Post
The ideological seeds of extremism were planted long before freshman orientation - and usually paid for with public tax dollars.

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Rally encourages Pajaro Valley school board to reinstate ethnic studies contract

By Nick Sestanovich | September 26, 2024 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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PVUSD board candidates grilled during forum

By Todd Guild | September 25, 2024 | The Pajaronian


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Pajaro Valley school board candidates discuss ethnic studies, board transparency in candidate forum

By Nick Sestanovich | September 24, 2024 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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Asian American history can be scarce in schools. States are trying to change that.

By Troy Aidan Sambajon | September 14, 2024 | The Christian Science Monitor
What should students in the United States learn about Asian and Asian American culture and history? With hate crimes on the rise, more states are turning to classroom lessons to help foster tolerance and understanding.

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I Grew Up With Soviet Communism; Now as a Trustee I See It Embedded in California’s Ethnic Studies

By Maya Phillips | September 14, 2024 | California Globe


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California bill adding ‘guardrails’ to mandated ethnic studies courses pushed to next year

By Molly Gibbs | September 5, 2024 | Marin Independent Journal


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Teachers unions are fueling anti-Israelism. Here’s how

By Mika Hackner | August 19, 2024 | Times of Israel
Groups like BAMN and Educators for Palestine use the unions as vehicles to push radical curricula in K-12 schools across the US.

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Parents concerned about Bay Area school district’s approach to ethnic studies

By Madilynne Medina | August 2, 2024 | SFGATE


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Palo Alto parents express concern over ethnic studies course

By Sheree Bishop | August 1, 2024 | KALW


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Ethnic studies controversy in PVUSD: New advocacy group forms as district explores its options

By Hillary Ojeda | July 29, 2024 | Lookout Santa Cruz


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Silicon Valley parents are fuming over ethnic studies in schools. It’s a preview of battles to come across California

By Carolyn Stein | July 29, 2024 | San Francisco Chronicle


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Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) hosts blatantly partisan webinar; accuses “right wing” people of attempting “to define antizionism as antisemitism and to exclude histories of Israel/Palestine from textbooks and curricula”; states that “many Christian Zionists are antisemites”

By Parents Defending Education | July 12, 2024 | MTA Webinar


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‘Turning Classrooms Into Arenas Of Radicalism’: Teachers Union Tasks Anti-Israel Activist To Create Curriculum About Israel

By Kassy Akiva | July 1, 2024 | Daily Wire


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‘The Jewish Question’: Discrimination against students at school

By The Focus Project | June 30, 2024 | JNS
The call for a violent uprising is not a mere political slogan; it is a global movement seeking to justify incitement through rhetoric and create an environment that normalizes crimes.

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‘Liberated’ ethnic studies courses challenged amid allegations of antisemitism

By John Fensterwald | June 30, 2024 | Ed Source
State judge is asked to bar classes created during meetings that allegedly should have been open to the public.

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Palo Alto school district refutes claims calling new Ethnic Studies curriculum ‘highly controversial’

By Lisa Moreno | June 21, 2024 | Palo Alto Online


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Town hall encourages Pajaro Valley Unified School District to restore ethnic studies contract

By Nick Sestanovich | May 22, 2024 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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Ethnic Studies in PVUSD – Community Town Hall

By n/a | May 20, 2024 | Santa Cruz IMC


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Community Rallies for Ethnic Studies Outside PVUSD School Board Meeting

By Pajaro Valley for Ethnic Studies and Justice | May 10, 2024 | Santa Cruz IMC


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Ethnic Studies gave student sense of self, he says. Fresno teachers plead for investment

By Leqi Zhong | May 1, 2024 | The Fresno Bee


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Ethnic Studies gave student sense of self, he says. Fresno teachers plead for investment

By Leqi Zhong | May 1, 2024 | The Fresno Bee


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Graduation requirement could be at risk if Fresno Unified cuts Ethnic Studies budget

By Leqi Zhong | April 24, 2024 | The Fresno Bee


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Massachusetts Teachers Association Anti-Racism Task Force Webinar Riddled with Distortions and Falsehoods

By David Orenstein | April 16, 2024 | CAMERA


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Massachusetts Teachers Association Anti-Racism Task Force Webinar Riddled with Distortions and Falsehoods

By David Orenstein | April 16, 2024 | CAMERA


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New PVUSD superintendent will ‘listen and learn’ before deciding on ethnic studies contract controversy

By Hillary Ojeda | April 11, 2024 | Lookout Santa Cruz


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Students, teachers demand PVUSD board revisit ethnic studies vote

By Todd Guild | March 29, 2024 | The Pajaronian


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Guest Commentary | Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s divisive ethnic studies book

By Santa Cruz Sentinel | March 28, 2024 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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Community members plea for Pajaro Valley school district ethnic studies contract renewal

By Nick Sestanovich | March 28, 2024 | Santa Cruz Sentinel


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Students and families pushing PVUSD to change their decision on ethnic studies contract

By Sandra Iveth Santos | March 14, 2024 | KION News Channel 46


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Undercover with Liberated Ethnic Studies

By Brandy Shufutunsky | February 15, 2024 | White Rose Magazine
Liberated Ethnic Studies activists are well connected, highly organized, and deeply committed to establishing a radical pedagogy that seeks to undermine the liberal order by using our public school system as a vehicle to normalize their ideology.

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Tam Union trustees OK ethnic studies

By Keri Brenner | February 7, 2024 | Marin Independent Journal


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Crisis in the Classroom: Ethnic studies class mandate

By Staff | December 21, 2023 | FOX 26


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What did Oakland teachers talk about during the Palestine teach-in?

By Ashley McBride | December 7, 2023 | The Oaklandside
Several teachers spoke to The Oaklandside about their lessons which included a comic book, videos, and read-alouds about conflict in the Middle East.

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About 100 Oakland teachers held unsanctioned ‘teach-in’ to discuss Palestinian cause

By Anser Hassan | December 6, 2023 | ABC7 Bay Area
Across the Oakland Unified School District on Wednesday, teachers voluntarily took part in a teach-in about the Palestinian cause.

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Draft of Fresno Unified School District’s ethnic studies course teaches students that ‘decolonization’ requires ‘a change in the world order’

By PDE | November 28, 2025 | FUSD


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PVUSD ethnic studies contract won’t come back for revote

By Todd Guild | November 9, 2023 | The Pajaronian


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Hamas Attack Reveals the Political Agenda of Ethnic Studies within the University of California

By Lee Ohanion | November 7, 2023 | Hoover Institution
After the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, it is obvious that the ESFC should have nothing to do with course content.

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NYC pre-K teacher pushes anti-Israel agenda with lessons about ‘land theft, displacement and ethnic cleansing’

By Deirdre Bardolf | November 4, 2023 | New York Post
NYC pre-K teacher Siriana Abboud offers social media guides on how to talk to 4-year-olds about "land theft, displacement and ethnic cleansing" and has referred to Israel as a "fascist ethnostate" online, concerning some parents and educators.

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Ethnic studies to become graduation requirement

By Sophia Yang and Celina Lee | November 3, 2023 | The Paly Voice


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PVUSD rejects ethnic studies curriculum for anti-semitism allegations

By Todd Guild | October 27, 2023 | The Pajaronian


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Unmasking Hatred in Schools: Anti-Semitism in Ethnic Studies

By Jany Finkielsztein | October 17, 2023 | CAMERA
A group of educator-activists promoting racial grievance and Marxism aim to turn American school children into foot soldiers for their cause. Under the banner of the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies (CLES), they seek to present American society through the paradigm of oppressors and oppressed – imbuing students with an antagonistic view of America as a “settler-colonial state.”

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Kentucky school district trains teachers on ‘white supremacy’ culture and drag queens

By Breccan F. Thies | October 6, 2023 | Washington Examiner


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Jefferson County Public Schools provides training to teachers that includes two “Wheel of Privilege” charts; teaches educators that traits such as “individualism” and “urgency” are part of “White Supremacy Culture”; promotes upcoming “drag queen story time”

By JCPSKY | October 6, 2023 | Parents Defending Education


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Beware the Spread of ‘Liberated’ Ethnic Studies in California – and Beyond

By Mike Zhao | September 12, 2023 | RealClearEducation
Those of us who have suffered the unspeakable horrors of Marxist ideology tend to develop a keen sense of danger that stems from our understanding of the far Left. The rhetoric of “class struggle,” “critical consciousness,” demonization of the bourgeoisie (or, in today’s parlance, “the privileged”), and Manichean notions of the oppressed versus the oppressors arouses traumatic memories.

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Critical Race Theory:Its Origins and Infiltration of California’s Public Schools

By Sheridan Karras | May 2, 2023 | California Policy Center


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“Liberated” Ethnic Studies: Jews need not apply

By Daniel Rubin | April 6, 2023 | Ethnic and Racial Studies
Despite increasing antisemitism in the U.S., there continues to be strong resistance to teaching about Jews and antisemitism in the high school ES classroom. This article analyzes the potential arguments for the continued exclusion of Jews in ES and whether Jews have a place within its framework.

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Antisemitism and the Politics of Ethnic Studies in CA’s K-12 and Higher Education Classrooms

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin | March 23, 2023 | Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism
In 2013, only 1% of California’s high schools offered a course in Ethnic Studies. By 2025, a mere dozen years later, 100% of the state’s public and charter high schools are supposed to be offering, and all of its students required to take, a course in ethnic studies that’s likely to contain explicit and implicit antisemitic content, almost guaranteed to incite bigotry towards Jewish students and the Jewish community.

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REVEALED: School ‘toolkit’ in Virginia that shows how to secretly teach CRT and promote BLM to ‘advance racial justice’

By Andrea Cavallier | March 9, 2023 | Daily Mail
Virginia Education Association (VEA) released a toolkit that pushes an initiative called the Black Lives Matter At School Week of Action.

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How a Teachers Union Promotes Critical Race Theory

By Editorial Board | March 8, 2023 | Wall Street Journal
A toolkit tells teachers how to push radical ideology on children despite Gov. Youngkin’s ban.

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Ethnic studies debate in San Mateo Union High School District

By Sierra Lopez | February 15, 2023 | The Daily Journal


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Stop the bait and switch on Ethnic Studies!

By American Experiment | November 1, 2022 | American Experiment
A top goal of Gov. Tim Walz and his allies in the Minnesota legislature is to politicize our schools through the insertion of a radical form of ethnic studies into the curriculum from kindergarten through twelfth grade. But you wouldn’t know it listening to them. Their sales pitch for this radical agenda is a classic bait and switch.

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Survey: how local school board candidates see ethnic studies

By Ryan Torok | October 26, 2022 | Jewish News of Northern California
A recent survey of candidates for local school boards across California sought their views on the teaching of ethnic studies and other contentious issues, including whether they supported the “liberated” ethnic studies curriculum that has caused concern among pro-Israel and Jewish groups.

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California schools should opt for inclusive ethnic studies

By Bill Honig (former California State Superintendent, 1983-93) | June 26, 2022 | Ed Source
Inclusive ethnic studies programs that adopt these principles inspire all students to embrace their own and others’ cultures, develop their individual potential, appreciate our common humanity and continue the important work of advancing America’s quest for a more perfect union.

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Yes, Critical Race Theory Should Be Taught in Your School: Undoing Racism in K–12 Schooling and Classrooms Through CRT

By Theresa Montaño & Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen | March 29, 2022 | UCLA Law Review


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Studies Fail to Support Claims of New California Ethnic Studies Requirement

By Richard Sander, Abraham Wyner | March 28, 2022 | Tablet


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Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory. They Hated It.

By Robby Soave | January 31, 2022 | Reason


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Factsheet: Liberated Ethnic Studies in California

By StandWithUs | October 8, 2021 | StandWithUs
Interest groups in California are relentlessly trying to exploit the state's K-12 ethnic studies graduation requirement as a platform for antisemitism, anti-Israel propaganda, and other forms of bias. Read on to learn more about how these "liberated" ethnic studies groups are violating California state policy regarding ethnic studies.

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Ethnic studies becomes graduation requirement for California students

By Joe Hong | October 8, 2021 | Cal Matters


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A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction

By Sonia Michelle Cintron, Dani Wadlington, Andre ChenFeng (content developers) | May 20, 2021 | Stride (textbook)


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Asian-Americans for Equal Opportunity

By Christopher F. Rufo | October 8, 2019 | City Journal


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