I strongly support the thoughtful petition put forward by LASAE and CCMVHS. Thank you for writing about it.

No, because school is for learning, not political indoctrination. Ethnic studies are good, for people who elect to study them. They should not be mandatory. Keep your politics out of public school.

What Your Teacher Didn't Tell You. Isn't that a thoughtful book, about 'the sad reality' that many truthful historical stories have been "left out of the textbooks". I saw one recent explanation The State of Texas curriculum adoptions (textbooks) regularly excluded slavery/Reconstruction/and civil rights in-depth discussions and primary sources. The influence of ONE MAJOR textbook buyer - skewed the whole 'what is text-book-truth' narrative for much of our Nation!
I didn't learn in School (Thomas Jefferson was not only a slave owner - he had a common-law slave wife, and slave kids that he never freed). That the Brown v. Board of Education first case had delayed implementation for 15 years! ("All due speed" in Brown v. Board II.). That it was legal and common for Spanish speaking families prior to 1950, to have their students forced into SPANISH SCHOOLS (California and Mountain View's Escuela School. Ever hear of it? )
So, MVLA and MVWSD do have a rather large bit to do. Nice citizen/community action! {see even I forget that the protection of rights is to residents of the several states}