California leaders demand more “diversity” in education, including LGBT themes, and vow more oversight for resisting school boards.
California’s Department of Education and legislators joined forces and came together on Wednesday to call on textbook publishers to commit to producing educational resources and materials “free from discrimination and inclusive of the diverse narratives that reflect the student body of California.”
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond vowed more oversight with potential penalties on school boards that resist state policies on inclusive materials.
Attendees react to the Temecula Valley Unified school board’s decision to terminate the district’s superintendent amid controversy surrounding critical race theory and school curriculum during a board meeting in Temecula, Calif., on June 13, 2023. (Micaela Ricaforte/The Epoch Times)
“Many of our textbooks haven’t kept up with that diversity. This is a chance to diversify those narratives,” Thurmond said during the press conference. “This is all happening against the backdrop of where you have governors in other states literally trying to strip out any representation about race, about the experience of LGBT students, students with disabilities. California’s going in the other direction.”…