... CalMatters 12/21/2020. Ethnic studies has been taught in numerous California school districts for years, and some of them have developed strong guidelines around the issue of critical thinking. TAKE ACTION. For more than a year, the Sikh community has worked to make its voice heard in California as debate raged around the state’s new Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC). Officials released on Friday the latest draft of an ethnic studies curriculum, nearly a year after the original version became controversial. In summary On Nov. 18-19, an advisory panel to the State Board of Education will act on the most recent recommendations to the draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. (Photo by … A separate bill, written by former Assembly Member Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) and signed into law in 2016, requires the state to create and adopt a model curriculum for ethnic studies … The model curriculum was developed in response to a 2016 law signed by Gov. A 2016 state law—which passed overwhelmingly with virtually no organized opposition—directed the state board of education to adopt a model ethnic studies curriculum. California released a second draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) in July 2020. Dear California Department of Education, While it’s exciting to see that the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum is moving forward and students will have the opportunity to learn about our diverse community, I’m deeply concerned that Korean American studies have been excluded. As the curriculum was not complete, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assemblymember José Medina’s bill, AB 331, which would have mandated completion of a semester course in Ethnic Studies for high school graduates. More information on the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum can be found on the CDE Model Curriculum Projects web page. This petition is to include Korean American studies in the Asian American studies portion of the curriculum. California's Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum fails to encourage cultural understanding,” providing instead a myopic perspective skewed by fallacy. The state’s proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum is founded on a voluminous literature in Ethnic Studies developed over the past 50 years. JIMENA rightfully points out that Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews are a racially … The nearly 900-page curriculum … Last week in J., our colleague Rabbi Serena Eisenberg wrote a harsh critique of California’s proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum headlined “Why are school boards OK’ing California’s flawed ethnic studies model?”. Dr. Pritpal Kaur and Naindeep Singh: Advocacy Works As California's New Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum To Include Sikh Stories Since March of 2020, the Sikh Coalition and the Jakara Movement have worked alongside members of the California sangat to ensure that the Sikh voice was heard in the course of the ESMC conversation There is still work to be done until the curriculum is finalized by the end of March, 2021. ... the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism. Additionally, according to ethnic studies educators, the Native American history of the model curriculum is poorly written and seen from the traditional Eurocentric view of Indigenous heritage. 2020 Zahava M Feldstein Abstract A study of Jewish history exclusion from the 2019 California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, with particular interest in American Jewish racial/ethnic assignment, Zionism, colonialism, and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement. WAESN board president, Amanda Hubbard, is an official member of this committee and has witnessed fragile whiteness in… August 6, 2020 Ethnic Studies Presentation. The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and California Ethnic Studies Curriculum may seem worlds apart. Press Release from JPAC on Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum By admin. While the bill is propelled by noble goals, an ethnic studies requirement is misguided because its model curriculum is too vague and the concepts in ethnic studies are politically controversial, so the curriculum will become politically driven by its teachers. Lea este artículo en español. California released a second draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) in July 2020. ... 2020 August 7, 2020. The CDE recommends that the curriculum remain rooted in four disciplines of ethnic studies- African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Latino Studies, and Native American and Indigenous Studies. Once again, the California Department of Education (CDE) has ignored Ethnic Studies educators across the country and tends of thousands of public comments demanding authentic Ethnic Studies and the return of Arab American Studies as an integral part of the Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum (ESMC). California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond called for the 2020 Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) to include Jews in an Aug. 14 press conference with the … Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Advisory Committee. TAKE ACTION. Last summer, California’s Department of Education unveiled a model curriculum for teaching Ethnic Studies. Pro-Israel groups are agitated over the state’s decision to reinstate Arab American Studies in the proposed ethnic studies model curriculum, after they pressured the California Department of Education to remove it altogether. The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum will then enter another public comment phase — the first round saw more than 10,000 submissions — which will lead to a final draft. While the ESMC is undoubtedly heading in the right direction, StandWithUs has submitted a new set of analysis and recommendations to address a number of … Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (added 08-Apr-2021) The model curriculum was adopted by the SBE on March 18, 2021. After years of debate and thousands of public comments, California finally approved an ethnic studies model curriculum for its K-12 students last week.. The CA Department of Education is considering the implementation of the Draft 2020 Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, "which exploits the crisis … WAESN board president, Amanda Hubbard, is an official member of this committee and has witnessed fragile whiteness in… California Jews Urge Jewish Lawmakers to Quash Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. Colo. cops resign after … ADL concerns about CA’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum continue October 8, 2020 Recently, the California Department of Education (CDE) released the second draft of its Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) for high school students, nearly one year after the original ESMC was released to … Palestine Legal has submitted the following public comment on California’s 2020 Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum:. In expanding access to the critical frameworks Ethnic Studies offers in this time of great uncertainty, the CDE holds space for students to engage in pedagogies oriented towards building more just worlds and better possible futures. San Francisco, CA, July 31, 2020 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) is a steadfast supporter of Ethnic Studies and was an early endorser of Assemblymember Jose Medina’s 2019 bill (AB 331) to mandate its study in … Launched a call to action in December, 2020, mobilizing thousands of critical San Francisco, CA, July 31, 2020 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) is a steadfast supporter of Ethnic Studies and was an early endorser of Assemblymember Jose Medina’s 2019 bill (AB 331) to mandate its study in … A 20-member Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Advisory Group largely wrote the draft, which includes a glossary, after receiving a skeletal document from consultants hired by the California Department of Education, according to Deputy State Superintendent Stephanie Gregson, who oversees curriculum issues. To further multicultural appreciation and rid the district of racial inequalities, many see Ethnic Studies as the next step. 2020 AZ SB1589 (Text) Model ethnic studies curriculum. Los Angeles teacher Lupe Cardona helped draft the model ethnic studies curriculum that will be a graduation requirement if AB 331 passes. Photo courtesy [email protected], flickr. Thurmond said the department will release the draft on Friday, taking the first step toward the implementation of an ethnic studies curriculum for K-12 students across the state. Gov. The second version of the ESMC is an improvement over the first draft but still requires additional work in order for it to be a curriculum September 12, 2020. A little girl holds up a sign at a New York protest in 2020 following the death of George Floyd, who died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Cuauhtin is a nationally recognized Ethnic Studies educational leader and co-editor of the award winning book, Rethinking Ethnic Studies (Rethinking Schools, 2019). Writing in the Wall Street Journal, I was the first published critic of the 2019 draft of the curriculum. By. The model curriculum for ethnic studies was hundreds of pages long and based on "critical race theory," the interpretation of the world as a struggle between races for power with some races necessarily oppressed by others. Share this: It would have made ethnic studies a graduation requirement while the curriculum was still unfinished and deeply problematic. Instead of targeting the real source of antisemitism in the United States —white supremacy— proposed revisions to California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum … Please find below background, ADL’s actions, and how you can help keep bias out of the classroom. 35 likes. So I felt encouraged when Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation in 2016 directing the California Department of Education, or CDE, to create an Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, or … Jewish Press News Desk - 10 Sivan 5781 – May 21, 2021. The draft will go through 8 months of review and is expected to be adopted by the State Board of Education next March, EdSource reports. on crafting a model curriculum for Ethnic Studies at the high school level.10 On August 17, 2020, AB-1460 was signed by Governor Newsom to oicially implement an Ethnic Studies requirement for all students in the California State ... the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism. The treatment of American ethnic … August 13, 2020. Mark Powell, San Diego County Board of … More money, no reforms, no school choice expansion equals continued poor achievement by students. The implication of the new curriculum, he argued, is that “California’s Jewish population does not exist.” On June 16, 2020, the District’s Board of Trustees decided to remove Louis E. Plummer’s name from an auditorium because of his early association with the Ku Klux Klan after an online petition gathered 27,000 signatures. Newsom correctly pointed out that the current ethnic-studies model curriculum is unbalanced and needs revision—as I and others have pointed out. 0. The language in the new draft is “more moderate and inclusive,” according to EdSource. LAST AUGUST, Siamak Kordestani, assistant director of the American Jewish Committee’s Los Angeles office, penned an op-ed in The Jewish Journal criticizing the California Department of Education’s draft of a model curriculum for teaching ethnic studies in K-12 public schools. By Michal David and Shahar Zaken. I write in response to an organized campaign against the curriculum because of its inclusion of the movement for Palestinian freedom alongside other contemporary struggles for civil rights and equality. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, vetoed Assembly Bill 331, which would have made an ethnic studies class a high school graduation requirement, starting with the Class of 2030. More than four years ago when I authored Assembly Bill 2016, the legislation that requires California to develop a model curriculum in ethnic studies, there was no question that our students needed and deserved an education that more truthfully and completely reflected the experiences and contributions of people of color. November 17, 2020 Media contacts: Jeremy Russell, Jewish Community Relations Council, jrussell@jcrc.com, 415.977.7417 Ari Geller, West End Strategy Team, ageller@westendstrategy.com, 202.689.4985 JCRC Urges Adoption of Jewish American Lesson Plans In Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Bulk of Proposed Revisions ‘Prove Encouraging,’ By Luis A. Alejo, Special to CalMatters Luis A. Alejo, a former state Assemblymember, is Monterey County Supervisor, District1@co.monterey.ca.us. California would become the first state to require that all high school students pass a one-semester ethnic studies course to graduate if Gov. In addition to being loaded up with politically correct woke jargon (“critique empire and its relationship to white supremacy, racism, patriarchy, cisheteropatriarchy, capitalism, ableism, anthropocentrism and other forms of power and oppression at the intersections of our … While our Caucus and the Jewish Community had serious concerns about certain aspects of the draft model curriculum, we are Public comment on the second ESMC draft is open through September 30. The ethnic studies curriculum is an attempt to reflect the experiences and perspectives of the … “Of course, these are just the first steps to implore them to make the changes we are suggesting. In 2017-18, more than 17,000 California students—almost twice as many as the school year before—took ethnic-studies classes. California has demoted Arab American studies to second-class status in its ethnic studies curriculum after backlash from Israel advocacy groups over the inclusion of narratives around Palestine and boycotts for Palestinian freedom.. John Fensterwald, EdSource, 9/1/20 . It is intended for insertion into the Asian American studies course of the proposed Ethnic Studies model curriculum. The exponential support for communities of color, the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum draft, and for Arab American Studies, Central American Studies, and Pacific Islander Studies as a part of it, was evident in Oakland this week, as the 50 plus year legacy of Ethnic Studies… California is required by law to develop a model curriculum in ethnic studies to be utilized as a guide and outline for schools as they consider implementing ethnic studies … The December, 2020 draft of the California Department of Education (CDE) Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) is a significant improvement over previous versions, reflecting openness and responsiveness to public input. The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) Education Committee reaffirms its support for the inclusion of Ethnic Studies in California public education, and calls on the California Department of Education (CDE) to adopt an Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) that encourages cultural understanding of how different groups have struggled and worked … Public comment on the second ESMC draft is open through September 30. AB 331 would require the completion of a one-semester ethnic studies course starting with the graduating class of 2029-30; districts would have to begin offering a … The Liberated Ethnic Studies group includes many of the original authors of the 2019 Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum that the state has gutted, as … We are strong supporters of the ESMC draft, and we believe it’s critical for Jews and Jewish communities to support it. By law, a final version must be approved by March 31, 2021, a deadline already postponed one year by the state Legislature. But they aren’t. A professionally edited and formatted version of the model curriculum will be available at a later time. The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum aims to teach students about the histories, experiences, contributions and struggles of minority groups in … Gov. August 6, 2020 (Sacramento, CA) — Last Friday, the California Department of Education (CDE) released their second draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. However, we are troubled by efforts to exclude Arab American studies from the final Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. By law, California is required to build a model ethnic studies curriculum by March 31, 2021, to serve as a guide for K-12 schools that choose to offer these kinds of courses. Gavin Newsom suggested that more work go into the ethnic studies model curriculum, a separate document that aims to guide future ethnic studies courses if the bill is adopted. The stakes are extremely high, because ethnic studies will likely be a graduation requirement in the future and the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum will reportedly be used as guidance for “other states to follow.” The State Board of Education must finalize the curriculum by March 2021, leaving a limited amount of time to get it right. California Department of Education (CDE) has released the latest recommendations related to the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for K-12. In 2016, at the urging of the California Teachers Association, state legislatures passed a law requiring model curriculum for ethnic-studies courses in high schools. November 20, 2020. AJC Welcomes Governor Newsom’s Veto of Ethnic Studies Bill. JIMENA’s response to the California Ethnic Studies model curriculum brings up much-needed criticism of the essentialism and orientalism that plagues the discourse on the Middle East. In a statement published by the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, the group claims that the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum “effectively erases the American Jewish experience.” In 2020, the AMCHA, in collaboration with 80 other organizations, wrote a letter to Governor Newsom imploring him to veto the bill. Muslim, Sikh and Jewish groups seek inclusion in California’s new ethnic studies curriculum The model curriculum for high schoolers focuses on … The bill allowed flexibility and ensured that educators could adapt the curriculum to better suit the different demographics across the state. … PUBLISHED: December 13, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. ... Will the third time be the charm for California’s tortured effort to write a model ethnic studies curriculum for high school students? The state removed Arab American Studies from a model curriculum for educators, only including a limited lesson on Arab Americans in an appendix. A 2016 Assembly bill called for the creation of a high school-level ethnic studies curriculum to serve as a guide for school districts and charter schools in California. California’s State Board of Education votes Thursday, March 18, 2021, on a long-anticipated model ethnic studies curriculum for high schools across the state. 2020-12-29. While the ESMC is undoubtedly heading in the right direction, StandWithUs has submitted a new set of analysis and recommendations to address a number of … However, the response also perpetuates Islamophobia and conflates anti-Zionism with antisemitism. A new draft of California’s model ethnic studies curriculum is under review, 11 months after criticism of the first draft forced a rewrite. Gov. 1 talking about this. During the 2020 session, Arizona state lawmakers considered Senate Bill 1589, legislation aimed to develop a new “Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum.” It never became law, but the fact that it was even introduced in Arizona speaks volumes. However, the exclusion of Korean American studies from California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum is profoundly concerning. The inclusion of Ethnic Studies in the California education system is a significant step forward. Public comment on the second ESMC draft is open through September 30. Individuals and groups will have the opportunity to submit public comment on the draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum during the 30-day review period. The Armenian National Committee of America–Western Region on Wednesday welcomed the inclusion of Armenian-Americans in the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. The … The California Department of Education (CDE) will be releasing its latest recommendations to expand on the state’s ethnic studies curriculum for schools across the state. Now she has concerns. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, vetoed Assembly Bill 331, which would have made an ethnic studies class a high school graduation requirement, starting with the Class of 2030. Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum 2020 The California Department of Education (CDE) released the second version of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) on August 3rd, 2020. TAKE ACTION. The guiding values and principles of the new curriculum should incorporate such past experience. ... 2020 … 0. As the curriculum was not complete, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assemblymember José Medina’s bill, AB 331, which would have mandated completion of a semester course in Ethnic Studies for high school graduates. Directors and members of WAESN have been participating in and following the work of the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's work on the legally mandated creation of a K-12 model Ethnic Studies Curriculum. Education, Government, Israel. The December, 2020 draft of the California Department of Education (CDE) Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) is a significant improvement over previous versions, reflecting openness and responsiveness to public input. The model curriculum for ethnic studies was hundreds of pages long and based on "critical race theory," the interpretation of the world as a struggle between races for power with some races necessarily oppressed by others. CA Assembly Bill 101 would require the development and adoption of a model curriculum framework, professional development standards, and other support systems to ensure quality courses in ethnic studies in California public high schools. There is still work to be done until the curriculum is finalized by the end of March, 2021. Sacramento, CA -- Today, Senator Ben Allen (D - Santa Monica), Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, released the following statement: "Like many Jewish organizations, the California Legislative Jewish Caucus has supported ethnic studies. Statement on New Draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Wednesday, August 12, 2020 “Over the past several weeks, we have consulted with dozens of Jewish community leaders and organizations and engaged in extensive dialogue around the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. California’s ethnic studies model curriculum includes lessons on social movements such as Black Lives Matter. By. The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum will not be finalized until March of 2021.” Said the statement. JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa strongly supports the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) recommendations the California State Board of Education’s Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) approved at its November 19th meeting. The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for California responds to a need that should not be abandoned. Assembly Bill 331 would make ethnic studies a mandatory course for graduation at all California public high schools. The original deadline of March 2020 has since been extended by one year; the curriculum is now to be completed by March 2021. The California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC), which was adopted as a voluntary curriculum in the state in March 2021, calls for a … AB101 is an imprudent measure based on the highly controversial ethnic studies model curriculum,” the letter states. In 2020, the Los Angeles Unified School Districts, which enrolls 650,000 students, the vast majority of them students of color, voted to make ethnic studies a … At its November 18-19, 2020, meeting, the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) recommended 240 changes to the draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) in response to more than 57,000 public comments including those with suggested line edits received over an 18-month development process. The California State Board of Education adopted an Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum this March, but unlike Oregon it is voluntary. Share this: Print. The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum will then enter another public comment phase — the first round saw more than 10,000 submissions — which will lead to a final draft. On March 18, California’s Board of Education approved an Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum for K-12 students denounced as an assault on Christianity. Please find below background, ADL’s actions, and how you can help keep bias out of the classroom. I also provided, again in the Journal, a thoroughgoing criticism of the 2020 draft. Gavin Newsom late Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have made ethnic studies a California high school graduation requirement, citing controversy over the model curriculum. The widespread support for the original Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft continues, as support from leading educators of color, community-based and grassroots organizations, institutions, professional associations, K-12 and higher education Ethnic Studies departments, school boards, anti-racist and equity-based educational programs continue to grow. The CDE recommends that the model curriculum increase the breadth and depth of the four foundational disciplines of ethnic studies—African American Studies, Asian American Studies… An empty classroom in Hollywood, Calif., seen in August 2020. He is the author of Assembly Bill 2016, […] By law, a final version must be approved by March 31, 2021, a deadline already postponed one year by the state Legislature. Citrus Valley Christian Academy 2020. Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. Directors and members of WAESN have been participating in and following the work of the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's work on the legally mandated creation of a K-12 model Ethnic Studies Curriculum. The curriculum must be … The model curriculum will serve as a guide, not a mandated curriculum, for the several hundred high schools that already offer ethnic studies courses. Move "Antisemitism and Jewish Middle Eastern-Americans" Lesson to Asian American Studies Section of California's Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Read or edit the petition. November 20, 2020 Media contacts: Jeremy Russell, Jewish Community Relations Council, jrussell@jcrc.com, 415.977.7417 Ari Geller, West End Strategy Team, ageller@westendstrategy.com, 202.689.4985 JCRC Thanks Instructional Quality Commission for Substantive Improvements in the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum California Ethnic Studies model curriculum, and is modified content from the C3 Middle/High School Sikh Religion Inquiry created in collaboration with Dr. Kathy Swan from C3Teachers, and the Sikh Coalition.

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