Ethnic studies victories in Arizona come at critical time for the state and country
This department didn’t come together overnight. It is the culmination of many years and even generations of struggle.
Tag: ethnic studies
Educators’ activism makes the promise of ethnic studies policy a reality
“Ethnic Studies and social justice are a critical lens through which we can get a new perspective on history, so we are not doomed to repeat it.”
Educators and NAACP persuade Hoosiers ethnic studies benefit everyone
New law requires Indiana high schools to offer ethnic and racial studies as an elective course at least once a year.
Students push Seattle school board to support ethnic studies as central to the American experience
The Seattle school board got the message loud and clear—if they missed it in the chants and signs demanding “Ethnic Studies Now!” from the students, educators, and parents who packed last week’s public hearing, they heard in the flood of public testimony.
It’s commonsense! Why California educators took ethnic studies mainstream
“To ask students to study a world in which they can’t see themselves is to relegate them to a blindness of the soul and a crippling of the spirit.”
Educators fight textbook that vilifies Mexican Americans
Mexican American Heritage textbook is so riddled with factual errors, key omissions, and blatantly racist statements it has no place in any classroom.
Education activist expands students’ reach of ethnic studies
The 2016 Activist of the Year Nominations Kick-Off