CVUSD teachers advocate for ethnic studies. Officials in CVUSD hope that the Ethnic Studies classes will improve students' learning experience and consequently increase the graduation rate.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is looking at a bill of $73 million to cover course development, textbooks and teacher training in ethnic studies, a new high school graduation requirement ...

Along with English, science, math and other graduation requirements, California high school students will have to take a course in ethnic studies to get a diploma starting in 2029-30. Gov. Gavin ...

Later that year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the new graduation requirement into law, even as parents and school board members denounced ethnic studies in Orange County and other areas of the state.

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - California high school students may need to start taking a one semester class in ethnic studies in order to graduate. Assembly Bill 331, introduced Thursday, would require the ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - California State University students may be required to take a course in Ethnic Studies in order to graduate; however, all 23 campuses in the system are pushing back on the ...

About 19 L.A. Unified schools offer 27 ethnic studies courses, but students had little incentive to enroll because fewer than half are approved for credit toward enrollment in the University of ...

California State University voted to make ethnic and social justice studies a requirement for graduation amid ongoing calls for related reforms in the wake of national unrest.

The new state law comes as conservatives nationwide have sought to halt K-12 lessons on systemic racism and protested "critical race theory" at school board meetings.

Last year, California Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) introduced a bill that would mandate high school students to take ethnic studies as a requirement for graduation.

The move will affect all 23 CSU campuses including San Diego State and CSU San Marcos unless the Governor signs on a state law providing similar requirements.