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Duarte High presents new ethnic-studies semester for freshmen to meet state requirement
Summary
Duarte High School principal Louie Haro outlined a locally focused ethnic-studies semester-long course for ninth graders that aligns with the state model curriculum and emphasizes identity, local history and an action project on the community's 'Rocktown' heritage.
Principal Louie Haro presented the district board with Duarte High School’s new ethnic-studies course, a semester-long class being offered to ninth graders this year to align with a California requirement that schools offer ethnic studies.
The course, Haro said, focuses on four broad groups — African American, Latino, Native American/indigenous, and Asian American/Pacific Islander — and includes a required unit on identity, counter-narratives, inquiry-driven essential questions and an action project. Haro said the class will…
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