Public schools in California are already the most ethnically diverse in the United States, but in 2016, then Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) signed a law that mandated schools in the Golden State create a new ethnic studies program.
The first draft of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum was released years later and contains language and omissions that have startled some in the education sphere. Elina Kaplan, described by Tablet Magazine as “a former high-tech manager who had just stepped down as senior VP of one of California’s largest affordable housing nonprofits,” originally agreed with the idea to adopt the new curriculum. But when the draft was released, Kaplan was shocked, according to Tablet:
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