“We never felt represented in our classes, and we always learned about the same people, who did not look like us.”
A group of Lafayette students first proposed an ethnic studies class as seventh graders, but didn’t have enough support to make the class happen.
This year, their continued advocacy is paying off. They have support of both teachers and the district to create the new class, with a goal of offering it at Centaurus in spring 2023. Once it’s approved, it also would be an option for all district high schools. He said having an ethnic studies class is important because, when students of color see their culture represented in class, it’s not usually in a positive light.
While Boulder High offers an elective race relations class that focuses on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its impacts on modern day race relations, no schools offer a more general ethnic studies class. The district created the race relations class inwith Impact on Education’s AT LAST — Alliance to Teach the Legacy of the Atlantic Slave Trade — project.
She said creating the new class first requires determining which state social standards the class will target. Next is deciding what assessments will look like, from exams to projects to a menu of assessment options. Finally, units of study will be created. For examples, the students looked at ethnic studies classes in California, which in 2021 passed a law requiring the course for high school graduation.
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