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ethnic studies

San Francisco Unified School District central offices
Posted inEducation

Ethnic studies curriculum that sidesteps Israel adopted by S.F. schools

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 6, 2026May 21, 2026

Updated on May 21 The board governing San Francisco’s public schools voted 6-1 on April 28 to permanently adopt the district’s trial ethnic-studies curriculum for high schoolers, capping years of […]

sfusd board meeting july 2025
Posted inBay Area

SFUSD board selects ethnic-studies textbook as it seeks to quell criticism

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi July 31, 2025August 6, 2025
Assemblymember and AB 715 co-author Dawn Addis (right) spoke during JPAC's 2025 legislative summit in Sacramento in early May. (Camden Hosea-Small)
Posted inLetters

What is Israel to do? Trust teachers on AB 715. Ethnic studies opposition.

by J. Readers July 25, 2025July 29, 2025
San Francisco Unified School District central offices
Posted inLocal Voice

How San Francisco’s ethnic studies program is failing Jewish students 

Viviane Safrin by Viviane Safrin July 15, 2025July 25, 2025
San Francisco public schools headquarters
Posted inBay Area

S.F. schools will replace ethnic studies curriculum, superintendent says

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 30, 2025June 30, 2025
Pajaro Valley Unified School District board member Gabriel Medina (right) talks to Jewish attendees of a school board meeting about ethnic studies, April 16, 2025. (Screenshot via YouTube/Pajaro Valley Unified School District)
Posted inLocal Voice

School board trustees’ antisemitism raises bigger issue

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin May 1, 2025May 6, 2025
Pajaro Valley Unified School District board member Gabriel Medina (right) talks to Jewish attendees of a school board meeting about ethnic studies, April 16, 2025. (Screenshot via YouTube/Pajaro Valley Unified School District)
Posted inEducation

ADL accuses Central Coast school board members of ‘blatant’ antisemitism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 21, 2025April 22, 2025
Man speaks at podium
Posted inPolitics

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

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 21, 2025April 21, 2025
Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, a spokesperson for the anti-Zionist haredi sect Neturei Karta, in an Al-Jazeera video shown to high school students in San Jose. (Screenshot)
Posted inBay Area

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

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 8, 2025April 15, 2025
California's Capitol building. (Stephen Leonardi/Pexels)
Posted inNews

New state bill looks to block bias in ethnic studies by standardizing courses

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 24, 2025February 25, 2025

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