In The News
Get up to date on what is happening in K-12 anti-racist education today locally and Around the Country
Local School Districts
Chino Valley Unified School District: Lacking political power in California, conservatives turn focus to local school boards, reported in LA Times, August 15, 2023
Murrieta Valley Unified School District: Murrieta school district mandates parental notification if child is transgender, reported in LA Times, August 11, 2023
Huntington Beach City Council: Huntington Beach moves ahead with proposal to screen library books for obscene material, reported in NBC Los Angeles, June 21, 2023
Huntington Beach City Council: Huntington Beach Leaders Will Try to Define What’s “Obscene” at Public Libraries, reported in Voice of OC, June 21, 2023
CA State Legislation/Policy: Illegal Book Bans: Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta, and State Superintendent Thurmond Warn Against Book Bans Statewide, June 1, 2023
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District: An OC School Board Considers Vetting Books, Raising Concerns of Bans, reported in Voice of OC, April 13, 2023
Orange Unified School District: OUSD Reinstates Digital Library After Parent Concerns, reported in Voice of OC, February 7, 2023
Orange Unified School District: OUSD Suspends Digital Library Over Book Concerns From Some Parents, reported in Voice of OC, February 1, 2023
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District: Cal State Fullerton Ends Student Teacher Program Over Critical Race Theory Ban, reported in Voice of OC, October 19, 2022
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District: PLYUSD Trustees Narrowly Ban Critical Race Theory, reported in Voice of OC, April 6, 2022
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District: PYLSD Trustees to Ban Critical Race Theory; Criticism Soars, reported in Voice of OC, March 22, 2022
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District: PYLSD considers CRT ban amid broader battle, reported in LA Times, October 13, 2021
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District: OC school district investigates poster mocking Latinx students , reported in LA Times, September 29, 2021
Los Alamitos Unified School District: Los Alamitos District passes social justice standards, reported in Voice of OC, May 12, 2021
Anaheim Union High School District: Anaheim Union High School District to Require Ethnic Studies, reported in Voice of OC, May 11, 2021
Anaheim Union and Yorba Linda-Placentia Unified Districts: Orange County school districts look to potentially expand Ethnic Studies offerings, reported in Voice of OC, April 20, 2021
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District issues a statement about anti-Asian rhetoric and hate violence, March 23, 2021
Los Alamitos Unified School District: Ethnic Studies program under fire in O.C. , reported in LA Times, February 23, 2021
Los Alamitos Unified School District: Board Votes to Offer Ethnic Studies Classes, reported in Voice of OC, February 23, 2021
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District: Thousands sign petition demanding resignation of O.C. school board member who was at Capitol rally, reported in LA Times, January 12, 2021
Capistrano Unified School District: Cultural Proficiency Plan and School Board Meeting Discussion of the Plan, November 4, 2020
Poway Unified School District: Comprehensive Plan for Prioritizing Racial Equity, October 13, 2020
Santa Ana Unified School District: “SAUSD Creates Ethnic Studies Requirement in Wake of George Floyd Protests” reported in Voice of OC, June 10, 2020
Other School Districts
Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, CA: Office of Equity, founded in 2016
Ladera Ranch Social Justice Committee, founded in 2016
Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO: Plan for Closing the Opportunity Gap and Report on Aligning School Efforts Toward Equity, June 2019
Fairfax County School District’s Support for Equity and Cultural Responsiveness and Equity Profile, July 30, 2018
School District 15, Brooklyn, NY: D15 Diversity Plan, August 3, 2018