‘OUR SHARED HISTORY’

California Students Will Have to Take Ethnic Studies to Graduate

Gov. Gavin Newsom has deemed race theory critical for California high schoolers.

Race theory has been deemed critical for California high schoolers. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that will require ethnic studies be taught to all students in Golden State high schools in the coming years. The legislation mandates that students take a one-semester course about “our shared history” that is “etched with woeful injustice” beginning in the 2029-2030 school year, and schools must offer an elective on the subject starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The governor said in a statement, “Students deserve to see themselves in their studies, and they must understand our nation’s full history if we expect them to one day build a more just society.”