{"id":54975,"date":"2020-11-26T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=54975"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:25:04","slug":"california-vetoed-ethnic-studies-requirements-for-public-high-school-students-but-the-movement-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/california-vetoed-ethnic-studies-requirements-for-public-high-school-students-but-the-movement-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"California vetoed ethnic studies requirements for public high school students, but the movement grows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom surprised many supporters in his state earlier this fall when he\u00a0vetoed a bill<\/a>\u00a0that would have required public high school students to take ethnic studies. The move was unexpected as, just a few weeks earlier, the state had made\u00a0ethnic studies mandatory for the California State University system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, in\u00a02016 the state passed a measure<\/a>\u00a0establishing a commission to create a model ethnic studies curriculum for high schools.<\/p>\n

Newsom vetoed the bill after a\u00a0mix of liberals and conservatives argued<\/a>\u00a0the curriculum was too radical, and that as drafted it would\u00a0not encompass all of California\u2019s many ethnic communities<\/a>. In Newsom\u2019s opinion, the model curriculum \u201cstill needs revision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the veto, California\u2019s struggle highlights a\u00a0growing national movement<\/a>\u00a0to teach ethnic studies in K-12 classrooms. As a\u00a0professor<\/a>, a\u00a0scholar<\/a>\u00a0of educational justice and the co-editor of the book \u201cRethinking Ethnic Studies<\/a>,\u201d I have tracked this movement for years.<\/p>\n