Category: cultural proficiency

‘Cultural Proficiency Is Not Critical Race Theory’: California School District Advances Controversial Curriculum

November 4, 2021
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—The Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees held its second quarterly report Nov. 3 for its Cultural Proficiency Plan, a curriculum approved last December amid controversy. Parents of the district’s students attended the meeting to express their support or concerns for the curriculum’s implementation after the topic drew parents’ concern…

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Tustin School Board Emails Ignite Critical Race Theory Concerns

June 8, 2021
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Parents of children in the Tustin Unified School District (TUSD) say they’re frustrated after the school board’s emails exacerbated their fears of critical race theory (CRT) being taught in schools. After a group of about 20 parents learned their children were given a “white savior assignment” and “healthy kids” survey—which they claimed contain elements of CRT—without their knowledge, they submitted a public records…

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