District sixth-graders will now learn world geography and culture, and U.S. history will be spread across seventh and eighth ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. The article was updated on Aug. 1 to ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The California State Board of Education on Thursday approved the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum for high schools, saying the teaching of discrimination and ...

A trustee on the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Education says he has been silenced after trying to put plans for new K-12 ethnic studies curricula on the board's agenda for discussion with ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room The article was updated on Aug. 18 to include new links to the draft model curriculum on ethnic studies. California lawmakers will decide ...

Ending years-long and often divisive debate over ethnic studies coursework in California’s K-12 schools, the State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved a model curriculum to guide how ...

Dr. Thomas Poetter has the look of a professor who can’t believe he’s allowed to have this much fun inspiring and mentoring a new generation of educational leaders and scholars. And as he ruminates on ...

California public schools may soon have a model for teaching ethnic studies, but not before more controversy over its proposed curriculum. Now, after hundreds of revisions, the original writers of the ...

Derby administrators pushed for a new high school social studies curriculum because teachers have been working without textbooks and other common materials for several years. Teachers recommended a ...

In a packed late-night meeting filled with heated comments, ejections and arguments over what children should learn and when, Temecula’s school board voted Tuesday night, July 18, to once again reject ...