By Kayla Jimenez, Voice of San Diego, August 18, 2020
Teenagers were instrumental in leading many of the racial justice protests across San Diego County over the summer. Now that school is resuming, they’re taking their grievances to their respective school boards and pushing for administrators to implement ethnic studies classes that reflect students’ diverse backgrounds as a graduation requirement.
This is the first year San Diego Unified, the largest district in the county, will require high school freshmen to take an ethnic studies course. Last spring, the district voluntarily opted to make ethnic studies a graduation requirement.
Student-led pushes at Sweetwater Union High School District and Poway Unified School District are also underway; both districts are considering a version of the requirement. Meanwhile, some charter schools like e3 Civic High are moving quickly to incorporate curriculum reflecting underrepresented communities in existing history and English classes.
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