Commentary A state-wide survey of California’s K-12 education revealed that nearly 90 percent of respondents are dissatisfied with the current public education in the state, and over 80 percent don’t want ethnic studies to be a high school graduation requirement. Californians for Equal Rights, a nonprofit organization that opposes racial and gender preferences in government programs, conducted the survey in February. The result shows that 88.3 percent of survey participants are unhappy with California’s K-12 public education. Moreover, 85.1 percent do not want the “Ethnic Studies Demonstration Course” included as a compulsory course for high school graduates, and more than 77.7 percent disagree with the implementation of this course. Furthermore, 91.5 percent think the overall academic performance of California K-12 needs to be improved; 75 percent hope schools will pay more attention to students’ basic reading and mathematics skills; 78.7 percent think high schoolers need to improve on academic competitiveness …