Race and Equity

July 24, 2020

Cultural proficiency for teachers can no longer be an option

Teachers must learn to embrace diversity and recognize that cultural differences are assets, not barriers.

July 22, 2020

California State University students required to take ethnic studies or social justice class under new policy

CSU trustees vote to approve policy while legislation with a stricter ethnic studies requirement makes its way through the Legislature.

July 13, 2020

President of Newport-Mesa teachers’ union talks about race and education in Orange County

New president of the Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers shares what it has been like teach in a district where she is one of only a handful of Black teachers.

Interview by Sandra Asper/Costa Mesa Brief

Federal Education Policy

July 6, 2020

President Trump accuses schools of “extreme indoctrination” of children

President says children are being “taught to hate their own country,” while former vice president Joe Biden says teachers should have more authority in the classroom

July 6, 2020

We must reimagine public education — here’s how

Pandemic presents an opportunity to make public schools work better for all children.

July 1, 2020

California State University faculty call for reforms to improve racial justice across system

Faculty are demanding that CSU reform police, require students take ethnic studies classes and erase racial pay gaps, among other requests.

June 25, 2020

Now is the right moment to measure educational disparities

Schooling and student needs have changed, and we should be responsive to that.

Christopher Edley, Jr. and Maria Echaveste

Commentary

June 24, 2020

Pandemic reveals how much California needs more community schools

Model expands the ability of schools to support students and their families in multiple ways.

June 24, 2020

State Senate action allows California voters to decide on affirmative action

Strong campaigns ahead for and against the measure to revoke Proposition 209 after 24 years. It will be on the same Nov. 3 ballot as the presidential election.

June 24, 2020

Measures to defund, reform Los Angeles school police rejected by school board

Disappointing activists, L.A. Unified rejected motions to reform school police, including one to cut the department’s funding by 90%.

June 23, 2020

We must end school policies that most harm our Black students

We have all failed our children by allowing structural and interpersonal racism into our school systems.

June 23, 2020

Incoming president of United Teachers Los Angeles has made racial justice her mission

A Q&A with Cecily Myart-Cruz.

Nadra Nittle/Chronicle of Social Change

Legislation

June 22, 2020

California universities prepare for possible return of affirmative action in admissions

If voters repeal the state ban on affirmative action in college admissions, some expect only moderate change among racial groups at UC and CSU while others predict significant shifts to match California's overall population.