The new draft ethnic studies model framework can be found in the agenda for the Aug. 13 meeting of the Instructional Quality Commission. See agenda item 2. Its release will start eight months of ...

Beginning this academic year, and three years ahead of the state’s mandate, all incoming high school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will have to complete an ethnic studies course ...

This quote is scribbled in the margins of my notes on a lecture in Pablo Gonzalez’s Chicano 50 class. For me, these words echoed particularly true given the conversations I had been having about ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs lots of new ethnic ...

A ninth-grade ethnic studies class has a remarkably prolonged and strong positive impact on students, increasing their overall engagement in school, probability of graduating, and likelihood of ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. This fall, every high school in ...

Racial tensions and culture wars on many college campuses have often led some to propose that colleges add ethnic studies, while others have challenged the existence of these courses. Meanwhile, the ...

An ethnic studies class focuses on racism at John O’Connell High School in San Francisco on Jan. 22, 2018. Josh Edelson Los Angeles Times via TNS Jesus Castillo, a senior at Roosevelt High, said he ...

Medicaid managed care enrollees who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups have historically reported worse care experiences than White enrollees. Few recent studies have identified ...

John O'Connell High School at 2355 Folsom St in San Francisco, CA on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Photo by Jesus Arriaga. The San Francisco Unified School District announced Monday that ethnic studies ...