Dec 22, 20201 min
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In September, we asked you to mobilize and speak out to keep hate and bias out of California's Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC). You can read our detailed analysis of the previous draft here.
Thanks to all of our efforts, the California Department of Education (CDE) has released a new draft with significant improvements. However, further changes are needed (see our analysis and recommendations here), and extremists are now pressuring the CDE to put anti-Israel bias back into the curriculum and remove honest education about antisemitism.
California residents have until January 21, 2021 to provide feedback about the curriculum to the CDE.
DO NOT attack the officials working on the ESMC or any other community covered in the curriculum.
DO:
Keep your comments respectful and focused on the issues outlined in the sample message below and detailed analysis here.
Emphasize the value of inclusion and critical thinking, and how anti-Israel and antisemitic bias have no place in the classroom.
Personalize. For example, if you are a parent, grandparent, educator, or student, introduce yourself as such and share how the current draft of the curriculum will personally impact you and your family.