California Requires Ethnic Studies
California became the first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation-a milestone rooted in the Asian American and Third World student movements of the late 1960s.
Sources
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101
- edsource.org edsource.org/2021/california-becomes-first-state-to-require-ethnic-studies-in-high-school/662219
Also on October 8
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