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Guest Commentary: Jewish-Americans Support Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum

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|Date: May 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Jewish-Americans Support Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area responds to accusations of antisemitism in the curriculum. Jewish Voice f ...

Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area responds to accusations of antisemitism in the curriculum. Jewish Voice for Peace – Bay Area Chapter (JVP-BA) supports the proposed model Ethnic Studies curriculum for ...

May 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Mizrahi Jews Speak in Support of the California Ethnic Studies Curriculum

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|Date: May 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Mizrahi Jews Speak in Support of the California Ethnic Studies Curriculum

By Michal David and Shahar Zaken JIMENA’s response to the California Ethnic Studies model curriculum brin ...

By Michal David and Shahar Zaken JIMENA’s response to the California Ethnic Studies model curriculum brings up much-needed criticism of the essentialism and orientalism that plagues the discourse on t ...

May 15, 2020
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Board Receives Update on Ethnic Studies in Davis

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|Date: January 17, 2020
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Board Receives Update on Ethnic Studies in Davis

The DJUSD School Board on Thursday received an update on the status of the Ethnic Studies program. Admin ...

The DJUSD School Board on Thursday received an update on the status of the Ethnic Studies program. Administration recommended that the board appoint in future meetings an Ethnic Studies Task Force wi ...

January 17, 2020
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Ethnic Studies in California: Asian American Scholars Defend Inclusion of Arab American Studies

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|Date: January 12, 2020
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Ethnic Studies in California: Asian American Scholars Defend Inclusion of Arab American Studies

Leading Asian American Scholars Defend the Inclusion of Arab American Studies in the CA Ethnic Studies Mo ...

Leading Asian American Scholars Defend the Inclusion of Arab American Studies in the CA Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. This statement was sent to the California Department of Education by the nation ...

January 12, 2020
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District Releases Four Draft Maps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2019
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District Releases Four Draft Maps

Later this week, the Davis City Council will release their draft maps – most likely on Tuesday. But in t ...

Later this week, the Davis City Council will release their draft maps – most likely on Tuesday. But in the meantime, the school board has released theirs with four areas on it. The district is requir ...

October 01, 2019
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Ethnic Studies Is Still Under Attack: White Identity Politics In Control of the LA Times Opinion Pages?

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|Date: October 01, 2019
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Ethnic Studies Is Still Under Attack: White Identity Politics In Control of the LA Times Opinion Pages?

by Maya Mackrandilal In response to the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board’s attacks on the Ethnic Studies ...

by Maya Mackrandilal In response to the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board’s attacks on the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum draft in their opinion pages, I wrote in a letter to the editor: “While membe ...

October 01, 2019
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Davis Students Prepare to Join the World Friday for Climate Strike

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 19, 2019
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Davis Students Prepare to Join the World Friday for Climate Strike

All across the world, youths will be walking out of class in support of a Global Climate Strike, meant to ...

All across the world, youths will be walking out of class in support of a Global Climate Strike, meant to bring awareness to the threat of climate change and global warming. “We have to treat climate ...

September 19, 2019
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Save California Ethnic Studies Momentum Growing Fast, in Support of the Model Curriculum Draft

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|Date: September 16, 2019
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Save California Ethnic Studies Momentum Growing Fast, in Support of the Model Curriculum Draft

(From Press Release) - The “Save CA Ethnic Studies” coalition has been building significant momentum in s ...

(From Press Release) - The “Save CA Ethnic Studies” coalition has been building significant momentum in support of keeping the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) draft as the foundation, its frame ...

September 16, 2019
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Letter: Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum – Support

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|Date: August 20, 2019
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Letter: Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum – Support

By Melina Abdullah On behalf of the Black Lives Matter Global Network’s California Chapters, we write to ...

By Melina Abdullah On behalf of the Black Lives Matter Global Network’s California Chapters, we write to express our support for the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum as submitted and to oppose proposed ...

August 20, 2019
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Letter: What Is and Is NOT Ethnic Studies

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|Date: August 19, 2019
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Letter: What Is and Is NOT Ethnic Studies

by Kenneth P. Monteiro First, let me convey my appreciation to both of you and the continued support of t ...

by Kenneth P. Monteiro First, let me convey my appreciation to both of you and the continued support of the California State University (CSU) Council on Ethnic Studies for both AB331 and AB1460. We ...

August 19, 2019
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Jewish-Americans Support Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum

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|Date: August 18, 2019
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Jewish-Americans Support Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area responds to accusations of antisemitism in the curriculum Jewish Voice fo ...

Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area responds to accusations of antisemitism in the curriculum Jewish Voice for Peace – Bay Area Chapter (JVP-BA) supports the proposed model Ethnic Studies curriculum for C ...

August 18, 2019
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My View: Dunning Attacks District Elections but Ignores Montgomery and Achievement Gap in Doing So

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2019
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My View: Dunning Attacks District Elections but Ignores Montgomery and Achievement Gap in Doing So

Columnist Bob Dunning continues to lament the school board decision to transition to district elections – ...

Columnist Bob Dunning continues to lament the school board decision to transition to district elections – and while there are certainly aspects of it that deserve questioning, at this point it’s a don ...

June 29, 2019
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Board Approves State Letter on Ethnic Studies, Pushes Further

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2019
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Board Approves State Letter on Ethnic Studies, Pushes Further

Community groups have been pushing for changes to the district’s ethnic studies policies for the last few ...

Community groups have been pushing for changes to the district’s ethnic studies policies for the last few months. On Thursday, the school board unanimously approved a letter being sent to Senator Con ...

June 21, 2019
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Commentary: District Elections Coming, Like Them or Not – Here’s Why That Could Be a Good Thing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2019
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Commentary: District Elections Coming, Like Them or Not – Here’s Why That Could Be a Good Thing

A certain columnist believes that if Davis citizens had been given a chance to vote on district elections ...

A certain columnist believes that if Davis citizens had been given a chance to vote on district elections for school board they would have rejected it with 80 percent of the vote. While I tend to agr ...

June 20, 2019
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Commentary: Why Wait for the State on Ethnic Studies?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2019
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Commentary: Why Wait for the State on Ethnic Studies?

The school board this week has a letter asking for Senator Connie Leyva and Assemblymember Jose Medina to ...

The school board this week has a letter asking for Senator Connie Leyva and Assemblymember Jose Medina to support AB 331, “which will add a course of ethnic studies to be a high school graduation requ ...

June 18, 2019
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School Board Drafts Letter in Support of Statewide Bill Making Ethnic Studies a Graduation Requirement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2019
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School Board Drafts Letter in Support of Statewide Bill Making Ethnic Studies a Graduation Requirement

While community members have pushed for DJUSD to implement its own local ethnic studies program for the i ...

While community members have pushed for DJUSD to implement its own local ethnic studies program for the immediate implementation, the board is slated to take action in support of AB 331, which “which ...

June 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Proponents Continue to Push for Ethnic Studies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2019
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Proponents Continue to Push for Ethnic Studies

Another group of community members came forward Thursday night during public comment, pushing for the DJU ...

Another group of community members came forward Thursday night during public comment, pushing for the DJUSD School Board to adopt a resolution by July that would create a Cultural Awareness and Ethnic ...

June 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Call for Ethnic Studies in Davis Schools

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 29, 2019
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Letter: Call for Ethnic Studies in Davis Schools

At a recent Davis school board meeting, over 20 students, teachers and parents called for Davis Joint Uni ...

At a recent Davis school board meeting, over 20 students, teachers and parents called for Davis Joint Unified School District to join neighboring Woodland Joint Unified and thirty other California sch ...

May 29, 2019
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Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2019
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Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies

Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies during th ...

Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies during their discussion of the LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan). At the time, both the boar ...

May 17, 2019
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Concern Raised about Lack of Ethnic Studies at DJUSD

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 09, 2019
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Concern Raised about Lack of Ethnic Studies at DJUSD

Last week Melissa Moreno, speaking as a parent and community member, was watching the DJUSD discussion of ...

Last week Melissa Moreno, speaking as a parent and community member, was watching the DJUSD discussion of the LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan). She became concerned when a slide placed “e ...

May 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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