About a year ago, I learned that the California State University system, from which I retired, had entered into a contract with OpenAI for ChatGPT Edu. What does education's history with ed tech revea...

Christine Sleeter and Miguel Zavala discuss the second edition of their book Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools, which has just come out.

The Legislature has spoken. Now it’s time for Governor Newsom to act. AB 2599 has successfully passed the California Legislature, marking a major victory in the ongoing effort to advance truth, accou...

Voting is in the news almost every day. In this blog, we look at the relationship between historical consciousness and how one things about voting.

On June 16, 2026, the White House announced that, as part of dismantling the Department of Education, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services will move out of Education and into th...

Christine: My guest today is Ruchi Agarwal Rangnath. She is Executive Director of CARE-ED, which stands for the California Alliance of Researchers and Education.

In April 23 of 2025, The White House issued an Executive Order that aims to overhaul the higher education accreditation system in order to use accreditation to change what is taught, by whom, and pote...

Today, Earth Day, directs our attention to the health of Mother Earth, without which we would not be here. What are schools teaching our kids and grandkids about climate change?

Years ago, a high school history teacher in one of my classes, who was planning to teach about U.S. colonialism asked her students what the term colonial meant.

That’s us, folks, the final guardians of the Constitution.

About twenty-five years ago, I was discussing the Arab-Israeli conflict with a friend who is Potawatomi Indian.

In a conference session several years ago, the presenter began by acknowledging the Indigenous peoples on whose land the conference hotel was located.

A tug of war continues over the teaching of Black studies.

Undoubtedly you know that many children who are citizens of the U.S. What does research find about the impact on them of parental deportation?

For this blog, I interviewed Dilys Schoorman, an educator in higher education in Florida.

About once per month I post a synopsis of research that challenges recent White House attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion in education.

Ethnic studies courses boost student achievement. The governor and Legislature should fund it.

Ethnic studies courses boost student achievement. The governor and Legislature should fund it.

On April 3, 2025, the White House gave state and local school officials 10 days to certify that schools under their auspices had eliminated all DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programming, or risk losing federal funding. What is at risk of being lost?

On January 29, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order demanding the “ending of radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.” Among other things, it takes aim at what it calls “discriminatory equ...

When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...

According to a Presidential Executive Order issued on January 20, 2025, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) are "illegal and immoral discriminating programs" that have infiltrated the government.

Defending Ethnic Studies