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After years of controversy over course content, San Francisco\u2019s public school district approved a new, permanent ethnic studies curriculum on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

But pushback over ethnic studies isn\u2019t over, as the vote renewed calls to review the district\u2019s two-semester course mandate.<\/p>\n

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Long considered a pioneer in the subject matter, the San Francisco Unified School District has offered its homegrown curriculum for high schoolers since 2010 \u2014 first as an elective, and beginning in 2024, as a graduation requirement taught to all ninth graders.<\/p>\n

Last summer, after some parents and a national education group raised concerns about some of its lesson plans, SFUSD briefly considered pausing the requirement, and later opted to set aside its own curriculum in favor of piloting Voices: An Ethnic Studies Survey. <\/em>The program, which is now nearing the end of its yearlong trial run, is also in use in other California school districts, like San Leandro, as well as nationally, according to SFUSD\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

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Those parents and San Francisco school board allies could set their sights on the district\u2019s two-semester education requirement next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nSFUSD New Ethnic Studies Curriculum Adopted Over Controversy and Some Parents\u2019 Complaints - Sacramento Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=319\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SFUSD New Ethnic Studies Curriculum Adopted Over Controversy and Some Parents\u2019 Complaints - Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Those parents and San Francisco school board allies could set their sights on the district\u2019s two-semester education requirement next.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=319\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sacramento Moving Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-13T05:30:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"headline\":\"SFUSD New Ethnic Studies Curriculum Adopted Over Controversy and Some Parents\u2019 Complaints\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-13T05:30:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/60be10281af28ff6ccf05f22fa084899-4.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319\",\"name\":\"SFUSD New Ethnic Studies Curriculum Adopted Over Controversy and Some Parents\u2019 Complaints - Sacramento Moving Hub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/60be10281af28ff6ccf05f22fa084899-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-13T05:30:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c703763e3a86ce0eba17becb53994618\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/?p=319#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/60be10281af28ff6ccf05f22fa084899-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sacramentomovinghub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/60be10281af28ff6ccf05f22fa084899-4.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1287,\"caption\":\"Inside the hallways of Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 school in San Francisco, Calif. 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