SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs lots of new ethnic ...

Protests from San Francisco teachers and principals in June saved a required ethnic studies class in public schools from being shelved. But some parents are still complaining, saying that the course ...

Smaller class sizes in schools are failing to increase the resilience of children from low-income families, according to a study published in the International Journal of Science Education. Data on ...

To Parkrose High teacher Moé Yonamine, knowledge is a source of power. Knowledge can give students a more inclusive understanding of history, she said, and help them advocate for themselves and their ...

On a rainy Friday afternoon at Santa Monica High School, ethnic studies teacher Marisa Silvestri introduced her class to the rap song “Kenji.” As singer Mike Shinoda narrated his family’s experiences ...

In high school, Chad Clair was told that “he could do so much” by pursuing a career in biology. Now, the second-year Burrell High School teacher is showing — not just telling — his students what those ...

On a rainy Friday afternoon at Santa Monica High School, ethnic studies teacher Marisa Silvestri introduced her class to the rap song “Kenji.” As singer Mike Shinoda narrated his family’s experiences ...

I am a white student at Hereford High School — statistically the whitest public high school in Baltimore County — and when I signed up for an Advanced Placement African American Studies class, I was ...

At South County High School in Lorton, Virginia, students inside one classroom were hard at work Monday recreating sculptures like the ones you would see in ancient West Africa. "You have step shows, ...

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