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Pajaro Valley Unified School District brings back ethnic studies consultant, but faces internal rift.
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District brings back ethnic studies consultant, but faces internal rift.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • May 22, 2025

For nearly two years, a group of Pajaro Valley Unified School District students, teachers, parents and community members have fought to bring …

As the deadline for schools to offer ethnic studies approaches, lawmakers seek to streamline the process.
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As the deadline for schools to offer ethnic studies approaches, lawmakers seek to streamline the process.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Feb 28, 2025

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about ethnic studies and Assembly Bill 1468, which seeks to develop standards, frameworks and materials for this …

Ethnic studies contract causes a rift in PVUSD – and a community group.
Local Spin | Opinion

Ethnic studies contract causes a rift in PVUSD – and a community group.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 30, 2024

A conversation with Maximiliano Barraza Hernandez, an outgoing ninth-grader at Pajaro Valley High School, feels like going to an introductory …

A frustrated community demands the PVUSD school board bring back an ethnic studies consultant.
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A frustrated community demands the PVUSD school board bring back an ethnic studies consultant.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Mar 21, 2024

About 100 people rallied outside of a Pajaro Valley Unified School District board meeting on Wednesday, March 13, demanding the district bring…

Local school districts are caught in the middle of the culture wars as the right tries to gain control.
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Local school districts are caught in the middle of the culture wars as the right tries to gain control.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 3, 2022

On the night of Dec. 15, 2021, the principal of Buena Vista Middle School invited parents and school board members to the band concert happeni…

Opponents of critical race theory bring their fight to Salinas Union.
Local Spin | Opinion

Opponents of critical race theory bring their fight to Salinas Union.

  • Mary Duan
  • Jul 15, 2021

Kelly Schenkoske is a self-described parental rights activist, an alternate member of the Monterey County Republican Central Committee, a scho…

People show their ignorance of what’s being taught in Salinas public schools.
Local Spin | Opinion

People show their ignorance of what’s being taught in Salinas public schools.

  • Mary Duan
  • Jul 1, 2021

Over the past several months, and all across the country, there’s been an organized effort led by right-wing fringe conservatives to bash crit…

Alejo bill could be first step in requiring ethnic studies in high schools.
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Alejo bill could be first step in requiring ethnic studies in high schools.

  • Arvin Temkar
  • Mar 6, 2014

When an Arizona judge upheld a law last year banning ethnic studies in public schools, there was a national uproar. Law proponents said the de…

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