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A Jewish student reads a statement in opposition to a resolution for a consulting contract between the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Coalition and the Castro Valley school district. (Screenshot)
Posted inEducation

Castro Valley school board approves contract with ‘liberated’ ethnic studies group

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 20, 2022January 31, 2022
Stanford University's campus from above / Wikimedia Commons
Posted inBay Area

Stanford to investigate claim that it had quotas for Jews in the 1950s

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 12, 2022
Art projects are one way Yom Rishon School brings Jewish studies alive. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inEducation

In Palo Alto, a ‘first day’ of Jewish education — in Russian

by Sue Fishkoff December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
Abraham Falk-Rood in his classroom at Rudsdale Newcomer High School in Oakland.
Posted inEducation

Q&A: He teaches immigrant teens who live on their own

by Liz Harris October 26, 2021October 26, 2021
Jake Berman, a Jewish former student, speaks at a school board meeting in Southlake, Texas on Oct. 18, 2021. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

Jews in Texas raise concerns after official tells teachers law requires ‘opposing’ views on Holocaust

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 20, 2021October 20, 2021
Emma Mayerson
Posted inNews

Early lessons in philanthropy inspired her to create this group for teen girls

Dan Schifrin by Dan Schifrin October 18, 2021
The Texas State Capitol rotunda. Teachers in a Texas school district wondered whether "Number the Stars," a Holocaust novel, would require an "opposing" perspective under the terms of a new education law there. (Photo/JTA-Tamir Kalifa-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Texas official to teachers: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ views on the Holocaust

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA October 15, 2021October 18, 2021
Jasper Vyda, a junior at College Prep high school in Oakland, giving his TEDx Talk on Sept. 17, 2021.
Posted inEducation

This Bay Area 16-year-old confronted antisemitism on the TEDx stage

by Mark Lawton October 13, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom encourages a crowd to vote against the recall effort targeting him, August 2021. (Photo/Forward-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inEducation

Newsom signs ethnic studies requirement, years in the making

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 8, 2021October 8, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inEducation

Newsom launches council to boost California Holocaust education

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 7, 2021

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