California Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond, who is involved in research that aids the development of local and federal education policy, has been awarded $3.9 million as the winner of Yidan Prize—the largest education prize in the world—founded by a Chinese billionaire. This year’s recipients were announced Sep. 28 during a Stanford Graduate School…
Tencent Co-founder’s Yidan Prize Honors California Education Board President With $3.9 Million
California Parents Seek Court Injunction Blocking Aztec Prayers in School
Parents and a civil rights group are asking a court to force California to immediately halt Aztec prayers in public school classrooms that are required by the California State Board of Education’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. This novel curriculum includes a section on “Affirmation, Chants, and Energizers.” Among these is the “In Lak Ech Affirmation,”…
California Postpones New Social Justice Math Framework
The California Board of Education voted unanimously to postpone a new mathematics framework that incorporates ethnic and social justice studies after critics argued it would “de-mathematize math.” The board postponed the Mathematics Curriculum Framework—a document guiding how teachers should implement the state’s math standards—during its July 13 meeting, following a letter signed by 468 higher educators and business leaders in the fields of science,…
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