Research and Policy
Today Ethnic Studies is a multi-institutional, intercommunal movement. The resources below include Ethnic Studies research, legislation, policy and legal decisions for California k-16 education since 2010.
Current Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA: Ethnic studies increases longer-run academic engagement and attainment
National Education Association Report on Ethnic Studies
The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies: A Research Review by The National Education Association
Missing the (Student Achievement) Forest for All the (Political) Trees: Empiricism and the Mexican American Studies Controversy in Tuscon
by Nolan L. Cabrera, Jeffrey F. Milem, Ozan Jaquette, and Ronald W. Marx, University of Arizona
Recent History of California
Ethnic Studies Legislation
California Assembly Bills
The assembly bills below represent multiple efforts to pass a statewide high school Ethnic Studies Graduation Requirement. In addition, California Assembly Bill 1460 is a bill calling for an Ethnic Studies college graduation requirement for the California State University System. Along with the text of the bills there are several video clips of California Senate Education Committee Hearings on different Ethnic Studies Bills.
Assembly Bill 101
Assembly Bill 2772
Assembly Bill 2016
Assembly Bill 101
Assembly Bill 331
House Resolution 29
California Senate Education Committee Meeting
June 26, 2019 (Video)
During this hearing the Senate Education Committee AB 331 Pupil Instruction High School Graduation Requirement is presented by Assembly Member Jose Medina and supported by expert testimony from Jose Lara and Dale Allender, PhD. from 5:28 through 48:30.
In addition, AB 1460 California State University: Graduation Requirement: Ethnic Studies is presented by Assembly Member Shirley Weber from 1:08:37 through 2:06:55.
Title AB331 Pupil Instruction High School Graduation Requirement: Ethnic Studies Medina
Begin 5:28- End 48:30
Title AB1460 AB1460 California State University: Graduation Requirement: Ethnic Studies Weber
Begin 1:08:37- End 2:06:55
Legal Rulings Related to Ethnic Studies
Noah González; Jesus Gonzalez, Manuel Barcelo and Julian Barcelo, Plantiffs vs. Diane Douglas, Superintendent of Public Instruction in her Official Capacity et. al. Defendants United States District Court, District of Arizona. This memorandum of Decision rules in favor of the students and their parents asserting that their first and fourteenth Amendment Rights were violated when the state closed down the TUSD Mexican American Studies program.
United States District Court District of Arizona
Memorandum of Decision