Posted in: News | Tags: Israel/Palestine, New York
NYC pre-K teacher pushes anti-Israel agenda with lessons about ‘land theft, displacement and ethnic cleansing’
By Deirdre Bardolf | | New York PostNYC 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.
Posted in: News | Tags: California, Palo Alto
Ethnic studies to become graduation requirement
By Sophia Yang and Celina Lee | | The Paly Voice Posted in: News | Tags: California, Pajaro Valley
PVUSD rejects ethnic studies curriculum for anti-semitism allegations
By Todd Guild | | The Pajaronian Posted in: News | Tags: California, History, Israel/Palestine, National, Teachers Unions
Unmasking Hatred in Schools: Anti-Semitism in Ethnic Studies
By Jany Finkielsztein | | CAMERAA 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.”
Posted in: News | Tags: Kentucky
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 | | Parents Defending Education Posted in: News | Tags: Kentucky
Kentucky school district trains teachers on ‘white supremacy’ culture and drag queens
By Breccan F. Thies | | Washington Examiner Posted in: Opinion | Tags: California, Opinion
Beware the Spread of ‘Liberated’ Ethnic Studies in California – and Beyond
By Mike Zhao | | RealClearEducationThose 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.
Posted in: News | Tags: Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory:Its Origins and Infiltration of California’s Public Schools
By Sheridan Karras | | California Policy Center Posted in: News | Tags: California, Israel/Palestine, LES Consultants
“Liberated” Ethnic Studies: Jews need not apply
By Daniel Rubin | | Ethnic and Racial StudiesDespite 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.
Posted in: News | Tags: California, Israel/Palestine, Teachers Unions
Antisemitism and the Politics of Ethnic Studies in CA’s K-12 and Higher Education Classrooms
By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin | | Institute for the Study of Contemporary AntisemitismIn 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.
Posted in: News | Tags: Teachers Unions, Virginia
REVEALED: School ‘toolkit’ in Virginia that shows how to secretly teach CRT and promote BLM to ‘advance racial justice’
By Andrea Cavallier | | Daily MailVirginia Education Association (VEA) released a toolkit that pushes an initiative called the Black Lives Matter At School Week of Action.
Posted in: Opinion | Tags: Opinion, Teachers Unions, Virginia
How a Teachers Union Promotes Critical Race Theory
By Editorial Board | | Wall Street JournalA toolkit tells teachers how to push radical ideology on children despite Gov. Youngkin’s ban.
Posted in: News | Tags: California, San Mateo
Ethnic studies debate in San Mateo Union High School District
By Sierra Lopez | | The Daily Journal Posted in: Opinion | Tags: Minnesota, Opinion, Survey
Stop the bait and switch on Ethnic Studies!
By American Experiment | | American ExperimentA 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.
Posted in: News | Tags: California, IES, Israel/Palestine, Survey
Survey: how local school board candidates see ethnic studies
By Ryan Torok | | Jewish News of Northern CaliforniaA 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.
Posted in: Opinion | Tags: California, History, IES, Opinion
California schools should opt for inclusive ethnic studies
By Bill Honig (former California State Superintendent, 1983-93) | | Ed SourceInclusive 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.
Posted in: News | Tags: Critical Race Theory
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 | | UCLA Law Review Posted in: News | Tags: California
Studies Fail to Support Claims of New California Ethnic Studies Requirement
By Richard Sander, Abraham Wyner | | Tablet Posted in: News | Tags: Critical Race Theory
Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory. They Hated It.
By Robby Soave | | Reason Posted in: News | Tags: California, Israel/Palestine
Factsheet: Liberated Ethnic Studies in California
By StandWithUs | | StandWithUsInterest 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.