Not exact matches
When thinking about what she will change in the field
of education, Heather Elgin draws upon the words
of activist and civil rights lawyer Monica Ramirez — a recent guest in her
Ethnic Studies course — «Sometimes there aren't doors.
And,
of course, most graduate and professional school programs in all areas
of study suffer from poor participation by students from historically underrepresented racial and
ethnic backgrounds.
This
course introduces students to the origins, epistemologies, key concepts, and central questions
of the academic field
of Ethnic Studies, while applying these concepts and questions to our own educational experiences, and the various realms
of education in which we currently work.
Requires the
study of ethnic and racial groups to be included as part
of each school corporation's high school United States history
course.
Schools offer a robust selection
of classes and after - school programs in the arts, languages, and
ethnic studies, as well as Advanced Placement (AP) and honors
courses.
Ethnic studies courses provide a growing but controversial example
of such «culturally relevant pedagogy.»
Finally, the report provides a list
of new
courses beginning in fall
of this year, including
Ethnic studies, Kinesiology, Carpentry, and Engineering.
A robust selection
of classes and afterschool programs in the arts, languages,
ethnic studies, AP, IB, and honors
courses as well as services, for example to support special education students.
Jose Lara
of Ethnic Studies Now is fighting for the classes throughout the state and said seven districts have already taken the lead in making the
courses a graduation requirement.
While this was a necessary limitation in order to have a homogenous sample for genetic analyses it does,
of course, mean that the results from this
study can not reliably be applied to children
of other
ethnic backgrounds.