Oakland Unified School District
Oakland Unified School District
Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies
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Huichin is the traditional, unceded, and occupied territory of the Lisjan Ohlone people. We pay respect to the Ohlone, both past and present, and their continuing relationship to their ancestral lands.
We believe Ethnic Studies is a content and pedagogy that humanizes and empowers all people by honoring histories and cultures of historically marginalized groups, by employing multiple disciplines and perspectives to critically analyze systems of oppression, and by promoting action in solidarity with others to transform students’ lives and communities.
Upcoming Announcements!
** End-of-Year Survey Now Open ***
Last Fall, we received over 1,000 student responses to the survey. Please help us gather comparable data by administering this survey in all your sections.
I have amended the Survey Overview (slides) so you can explain the survey to your students and administer the survey yourself. This worked best last Fall.
Thank you so much!
**COME SUPPORT ETHNIC STUDIES** May 27 & 28th, 2025
. Unlike other curriculum adoptions, our Ethnic Studies curriculum continues to be homegrown, teacher-led, and developed. We are proud that our Ethnic Studies framework and standards, created in 2016-2017, have provided a foundation for revising and updating the anchor units. The syllabus is a reflection of the work you are already doing. Come out and show your support for the curriculum adoption!
Step 1: Read the proposed Ethnic Studies Syllabus (English). You can Submit Feedback until May 20th as well .
Step 2: Join me at the Teaching & Learning Committee on May 27th, 2025!
Step 3: Come out to the OUSD School Board Meeting on May 28th, 2025, to show your support for Ethnic Studies.
Ethnic Studies Video take 1.mp4
Origins, Identity, Culture
Origins, Identity, Culture
Power, Privilege, Oppression
Power, Privilege, Oppression
Resistance and Liberation
Resistance and Liberation
Action
Action
OUSD teachers have worked together during the 2020-2022 school years to create student standards for grade spans, in order to guide the development of curriculum units and create building blocks for student skills and capacities across their PreK-12 experience to analyze, navigate and take action around race, identity and power.
OUSD educators from across grade levels developed the Ethnic Studies Framework in 2015-2016, including 6 Pedagogical Principles and 4 Key Themes.
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