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S.F. school board facing legal questions about new Muslim holidays policy

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 18, 2022August 18, 2022
Hayward Unified School District headquarters seen in 2011. (Photo/Wikimedia-Mercurywoodrose CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inEducation

Hayward school district defends use of offshoot ‘liberated’ ethnic studies group

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
One of several images of classical art showing biblical characters as white that are used to illustrate a popular McGraw Hill California social studies textbook. (Photo/Isaac Levy)
Posted inOpinion

The perils of California textbooks that teach Jews are white

Isaac Levy by Isaac Levy August 1, 2022August 1, 2022
Napa Valley Unified School District offices at the original Napa Union High School. (Photo/nvusd.k12.ca.us)
Posted inEducation

Napa schools reverse course on ‘liberated’ ethnic studies contract

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 9, 2022May 10, 2022
Napa Valley Unified School District offices at the original Napa Union High School. (Photo/nvusd.k12.ca.us)
Posted inEducation

Napa schools OK contract with breakaway ethnic studies group

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 6, 2022May 12, 2022
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Posted inUncategorized

Is the Christmas tree a religious symbol under the law? What about a menorah?

Michael A. Helfand by Michael A. Helfand and Forward December 15, 2021December 17, 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
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
State Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaking to the press Aug. 14 about the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (From left) Assemblyman Marc Berman, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Thurmond, Senator Ben Allen, Assemblyman Jose Medina (Photo/Facebook-Abby Porth)
Posted inEducation

‘Liberated’ educators implement their own ethnic studies programs

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 15, 2021July 16, 2021
A rose is placed on the Berlin Holocaust Memorial on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Maja Hitij-Getty Images)
Posted inYouth Voice

Age 16, never heard of the Holocaust? Our nation has a problem.

Madeleine Rose by Madeleine Rose July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

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