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Apple Valley board adopts pilot ethnic-studies courses, approves English-integrated and thematic options
Summary
After a yearlong, community-driven curriculum process, trustees approved a blended ethnic-studies approach allowing a 10th-grade English-integrated pathway and a thematic ethnic-studies course. The board voted 5-0 to pilot the units and proceed with necessary UC/college-credit submissions and refinements.
The Apple Valley Unified School District Board voted unanimously to adopt a blended ethnic-studies approach for a pilot that will offer students two pathways to satisfy a future graduation expectation: a 10th-grade English-integrated ethnic-studies sequence and a thematic ethnic-studies course developed primarily by social-science educators.
The approval follows a yearlong community engagement process that included board workshops, multiple community meetings, and teacher-led development sessions facilitated by county consultants. District staff and teachers…
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