Texas Education Board Approves Native Studies Course, Skirting Concerns About State’s K-12 DEI Ban

Day Around the Bay: SFUSD Opts For Less Controversial Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Local: After hearing Friday that the San Francisco Unified School District was considering dropping its controversial, homegrown ethnic studies curriculum, the superintendent announced Monday that the district would be opting for an off-the-shelf curriculum being used elsewhere in the state. Teachers will now need to get up to speed on the curriculum quickly before classes resume on August 18. [Chronicle]The SF Bay Ferry is on track to have more…

Texas education board approves Native Studies course, skirting concerns about state’s K-12 DEI ban

(The Texas Tribune) — The Texas State Board of Education on Friday renewed an elective course that teaches high school students about the history and cultures of Indigenous peoples, overcoming criticism from some Republican members about potentially violating a state ban on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The American Indian/Native Studies course gained reapproval on a bipartisan 9-5 vote, a long-awaited decision that will allow Texas p…

Ethnic studies was about to be cancelled. Then teachers got mad

San Francisco public school teachers are fighting back against plans to end the ethnic studies program. Parents are mad.

Texas education board approves Native Studies course, skirting concer…

The long-awaited vote survived objections from the panel’s most right-leaning Republicans, who criticized the lessons as “un-American woke indoctrination.”

S.F. school district to keep ethnic studies — but opts for pre-packaged alternative

The school district will launch a new curriculum in the fall and take the year to review the course materials. S.F. school district to keep ethnic studies — but opts for pre-packaged alternative

Haskell president updates campus on accreditation status - The Indian Leader

By Tara Roanhorse | June 30, 2025 | Haskell Indian Nations University Just three months after Haskell Indian Nations University lost about 30% of its faculty, university leadership has shared an update on the school’s accreditation status. In a letter dated May 20, Haskell President Frank Arpan announced that the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is recommending “continued accreditation with monitoring” a notable shift from an earlier, more serio…