Empirical Data on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Critical Race Theory
School District | County | Rating | CRT Ban | DEI Policy | Paid DEI Training | DEI Department | CRT-Based Ethnic Studies |
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ABC Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Acalanes Union High | Contra Costa | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | Los Angeles | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Alameda Unified | Alameda | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Albany City Unified | Alameda | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Alhambra Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Alpine Union Elementary | San Diego | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Alta Loma Elementary | San Bernadino | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Alta Vista Elementary | Tulare | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Amador County Unified | Amador | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Anaheim Elementary | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Anaheim Union High | Orange | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Anderson Union High | Shasta | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Antellope Valley Union | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Antioch Unified | Contra Costa | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Apple Valley Unified | San Bernadino | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Arcadia Unified | Los Angeles | 3/5 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Aromas-San Juan Unified | San Benito | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Atwater Elementary | Merced | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Auburn Union Elementary | Placer | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Azusa Unified | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Bakersfield City School | Kern | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Baker Valley Unified | San Bernadino | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Baldwin Park Unified | Los Angeles | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Ballard Elementary | Santa Barbara | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Banta Unified | San Joaquin | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Barstow Unified | San Bernadino | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Bassett Unified | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary | Madera | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Bayshore Elementary | San Mateo | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Beardsley Elementary | Kern | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Bear Valley Unified | San Bernadino | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Beaumont Unified | Riverside | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Bella Vista Elementary | Shasta | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Bonsall Unified | San Diego | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Borrego Springs Unified | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Brea-Olinda Unified | Orange | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Brentwood Union Elementary | Contra Costa | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Buellton Union Elementary | Santa Barbara | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Buena Park Elementary | Orange | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Buena Vista Elementary | San Diego | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Burbank Unified | Los Angeles | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Cabrillo Unified | San Mateo | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cajon Valley Union | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Camino Union Elementary | El Dorado | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Campbell Union | Santa Clara | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Campbell Union High | Santa Clara | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Camptonville Elementary | Yuba | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Canyon Elementary | Contra Costa | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Capay Joint Union Elementary | Glenn | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Capistrano Unified | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Cardiff Elementary | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Carlsbad Unified | San Diego | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Carmel Unified | Monterey | 1/5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cascade Union Elementary | Shasta | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Castro Valley Unified | Alameda | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Center Joint Unified | Sacramento | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Central Elementary | San Bernadino | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Central Unified | Fresno | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Central Union Elementary | Kings | 3/5 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Central Union High | Imperial | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Chaffey Joint Union Unified | San Bernadino | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Charter Oak Unified | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Chicago Park Elementary | Nevada | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Chico Unified | Butte | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Chino Valley Unified | San Bernadino | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Chowchilla Elementary | Madera | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Chowchilla Union High | Madera | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Chula Vista Elementary | San Diego | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Claremont Unified | Los Angeles | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Clear Creek Elementary | Nevada | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Clovis Unified | Fresno | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Coast Unified | San Luis Obispo | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Coffee Creek Elementary | Trinity | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Cold Spring Elementary | Santa Barbara | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Colton Joint Unified | San Bernadino | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Colusa Unified | Colusa | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Compton Unified | Los Angeles | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Conejo Valley Unified | Ventura | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Corcoran Joint Unified | Kings | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Coronado Unified | San Diego | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Corona-Norco Unified | Riverside | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Culver City Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cupertino Union | Santa Clara | 4/5 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Cypress Elementary | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Davis Joint Unified | Yolo | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Death Valley Unified | Inyo | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Dehesa Elementary | San Diego | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Delano Joint Union High | Kern | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Delano Union Elementary | Kern | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Del Mar Union Elementary | San Diego | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Del Norte County Unified | Del Norte | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Desert Sands Unified | Riverside | 1/5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dixon Unified | Solano | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Downey Unified | Los Angeles | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Dublin Unified | Alameda | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
East Side Union | Santa Clara | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Eastside Union Elementary | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
East Whittier City Elementary | Los Angeles | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
El Dorado Union High | El Dorado | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Elk Grove Unified | Sacramento | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
El Monte City | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
El Monte Union High | Los Angeles | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
El Nido Elementary | Merced | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
El Rancho Unified | Sacramento | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
El Segundo Unified | Los Angeles | 1/5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
El Tejon Unified | Kern | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Encinitas Union Elementary | San Diego | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Escondido Union | San Diego | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Escondido Union High | San Diego | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Eureka City Schools | Humboldt | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Eureka Union | Placer | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Evergreen Union | Tehama | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Fairfield-Suisun Unified | Solano | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Fallbrook Union | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Fallbrook Union High | San Diego | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Fall River Joint Unified | Shasta | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Fillmore Unified | Ventura | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Folsom-Cordova Unified | Sacramento | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fontana Unified | San Bernadino | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Fort Bragg Unified | Mendocino | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Fortuna Elementary | Humboldt | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Fortuna Union High | Humboldt | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Fountain Valley Elementary | Orange | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Fowler Unified | Fresno | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Fremont Unified | Alameda | 1/5 | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Fremont Union High | Santa Clara | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Fresno Unified | Fresno | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fullerton Elementary | Orange | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Fullerton Joint Union High | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Garden Grove Unified | Orange | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Gateway Unified | Shasta | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Gilroy Unified | Santa Clara | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Glendale Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Glendora Unified | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Golden Plains Unified | Fresno | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Golden Valley Unified | Madera | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Gonzales Unified | Monterey | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Greenfield Union | Kern | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Gridley Unified | Butte | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Grossmont Union High | San Diego | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Gustine Unified | Merced | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Hacienda la Puente Unified | Los Angeles | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Hamilton Unified | Glenn | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Hanford Joint Union High | Kings | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Hawthorne | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Hayward Unified | Alameda | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Healdsburg Unified | Sonoma | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Hemet Unified | Riverside | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Hesperia Unified | San Bernadino | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Holtville Unified | Imperial | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Hughson Unified | Stanislaus | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Huntington Beach City Elementary | Orange | 3/5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Huntington Beach Union High | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Imperial Unified | Imperial | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Inglewood Unified | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Irvine Unified | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Jamul-Dulzura Union Elementary | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Jefferson Elementary | San Mateo | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Jefferson Union High | San Mateo | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
John Swett Unified | Contra Costa | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Julian Union Elementary | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Julian Union High | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Jurupa Unified | Riverside | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kerman Unified | Fresno | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Kern High School District | Kern | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kernville Union Elementary | Kern | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Keyes Union | Stanislaus | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
King City Union | Monterey | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Kings Canyon Joint Unified | Fresno | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Konocti Unified | Lake | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
La Canada Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lafayette Elementary | Contra Costa | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Laguna Beach Unified | Orange | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Laguna Joint Elementary | Marin | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
La Habra City Elementary | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
La Honda-Pescadero Unified | San Mateo | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Lake Elsinore Unified | Riverside | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Lakeport Unified | Lake | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lakeside Joint | Santa Clara | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Lakeside Union | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Lakeside Union Elementary | San Diego | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Lake Tahoe Unified | El Dorado | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
La Mesa-Spring Valley | San Diego | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Lammersville Joint Unified | San Joaquin | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Las Lomitas Elementary | San Mateo | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Las Virgenes Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lemon Grove | San Diego | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Live Oak Unified | Sutter | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Lodi Unified | San Joaquin | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Long Beach Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Los Alamitos Unified | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Los Altos Elementary | Santa Clara | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Los Angeles Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High | Santa Clara | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Los Gatos Union Elementary | Santa Clara | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Los Molinos Unified | Tehama | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Lowell Joint | Orange | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Lynwood Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Manhattan Beach Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Manteca Unified | San Joaquin | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Menlo Park City Elementary | San Mateo | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Merced City Elementary | Merced | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Merced Union High | Merced | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Modesto City Elementary | Stanislaus | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Modesto City High | Stanislaus | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Montebello Unified | Los Angeles | 3/5 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Monterey Peninsula Unified | Monterey | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Moreno Valley Unified | Riverside | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mountain Empire Unified | San Diego | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Mountain Valley Unified | Trinity | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Mt. Diablo Unified | Contra Costa | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Murrieta Valley Unified | Riverside | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
National Elementary | San Diego | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Natomas Unified | Sacramento | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Newport-Mesa Unified | Orange | 3/5 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Oak Grove Elementary | Santa Clara | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Oak Grove Union Elementary | Sonoma | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Oakland Unified | Alameda | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Oak Park Unified | Ventura | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Oceanside Unified | San Diego | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Orange Unified | Orange | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Oxnard Union High | Ventura | 1/5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pacific Grove Unified | Monterey | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Pacific Union Elementary | Fresno | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Palm Springs Unified | Riverside | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Palo Alto Unified | Santa Clara | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pasadena Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Paso Robles Joint Unified | San Luis Obispo | 5/5 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Peninsula Union | Humboldt | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Petaluma City Elementary | Sonoma | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Petaluma Joint Union High | Sonoma | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Piedmont City Unified | Alameda | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Placentia Yorba Linda Unified | Orange | 4/5 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Placerville Union Elementary | El Dorado | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Pleasanton Unified | Alameda | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Pomona Unified | Los Angeles | 1/5 | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Portola Valley Elementary | San Mateo | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Poway Unified | San Diego | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Princeton Joint Unified | Glenn | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Ramona City Unified | San Diego | 5/5 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Rancho Santa Fe Elementary | San Diego | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Redding Elementary | Shasta | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Redlands Unified | San Bernadino | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Redondo Beach Unified | Los Angeles | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Redwood City Elementary | San Mateo | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Reed Union Elementary | Marin | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Rialto Unified | San Bernadino | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Rincon Valley Union Elementary | Sonoma | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary | Kern | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Rio Dell Elementary | Humboldt | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Rio Elementary | Ventura | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Ripon Unified | San Joaquin | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Riverbank Unified | Stanislaus | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Riverdale Joint Unified | Fresno | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
River Delta Joint Unified | Sacramento | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Riverside Unified | Riverside | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rocklin Unified | Placer | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Roseville City Elementary | Placer | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Roseville Joint Union High | Placer | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Ross Elementary | Marin | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Rowland Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sacramento City Unified | Sacramento | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Saddleback Valley Unified | Orange | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Salinas City Elementary | Monterey | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Salinas Union High | Monterey | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Antonio Union Elementary | Monterey | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
San Ardo Union Elementary | Monterey | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
San Benito High | San Benito | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
San Bernardino City Unified | San Bernadino | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
San Carlos Elementary | San Mateo | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
San Diego Unified | San Diego | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Dieguito Union High | San Diego | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
San Francisco Unified | San Francisco | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Gabriel Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Jose Unified | Santa Clara | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
San Juan Unified | Sacramento | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Leandro Unified | Alameda | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Lorenzo Unified | Alameda | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Lorenzo Valley Unified | Santa Cruz | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
San Lucas Union Elementary | Monterey | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
San Luis Coastal Unified | San Luis Obispo | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Marcos Unified | San Diego | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
San Marino Unified | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
San Mateo-Foster City | San Mateo | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
San Mateo Union High | San Mateo | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Pasqual Union Elementary | San Diego | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
San Pasqual Valley Unified | Imperial | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
San Rafael City Elementary | Marin | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
San Rafael City High | Marin | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
San Ramon Valley Unified | Contra Costa | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Santa Ana Unified | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Santa Babara Unified | Santa Barbara | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Santa Clara Elementary | Ventura | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Santa Clara Unified | Santa Clara | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Santa Cruz City Elementary | Santa Cruz | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Santa Cruz City High | Santa Cruz | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Santee | San Diego | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
San Ysidro Elementary | San Diego | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
San Ysidro Elementary | San Diego | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Saratoga Union Elementary | Santa Clara | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Sequoia Union Elementary | Tulare | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Sequoia Union High | San Mateo | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Shaffer Union Elementary | Lassen | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Shasta Union Elementary | Shasta | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Shasta Union High | Shasta | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Simi Valley Unified | Ventura | 2/5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Siskiyou Union High | Siskiyou | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Solana Beach Elementary | San Diego | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Sonora Elementary | Tuolumne | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Sonora Union High | Tuolumne | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Soquel Union Elementary | Santa Cruz | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
South Bay Union | San Diego | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Humboldt | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Southern Kern Unified | Kern | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
South Monterey County Joint Union High | Monterey | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
South Pasadena Unified | Los Angeles | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
South San Francisco Unified | San Mateo | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
South Whittier Elementary | Los Angeles | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Spencer Valley Elementary | San Diego | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Stockton Unified | San Joaquin | 1/5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Summerville Elementary | Tuolumne | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Summerville Union High | Tuolumne | 3/5 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Sundale Union Elementary | Tulare | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Sunnyside Union Elementary | Tulare | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Sunnyvale | Santa Clara | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Sweetwater Union High | San Diego | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Temecula Valley Unified | Riverside | 4/5 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Torrance Unified | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Tulare City | Tulare | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Tulare Joint Union High | Tulare | 2/5 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Tustin Unified | Orange | 3/5 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Twin Rivers Unified | Sacramento | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Union Elementary | Santa Clara | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Vallecitos Elementary | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
Vallecito Union | Calaveras | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Valley Center-Pauma Unified | San Diego | 3/5 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Ventura Unified | Ventura | 1/5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Vista del Mar Union | Santa Barbara | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Vista Unified | San Diego | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Vista Unified | San Diego | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Walnut Creek Elementary | Contra Costa | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Walnut Valley Unified | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Warner Unified | San Diego | 4/5 | No | No | No | No | No |
West Contra Costa Unified | Contra Costa | 0/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Westminster | Orange | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Whittier City Elementary | Los Angeles | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Whittier Union High | Los Angeles | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
William S. Hart Union | Los Angeles | 1/5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Yuba City Unified | Sutter | 2/5 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
This empirical research project takes on the topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and ethnic studies, not as separate concepts independent of each other, but as intricately interrelated constructs rooted in critical pedagogy or CRT.
DEI is an amorphous, pleasant code-name of CRT. In theory, "Diversity is where everyone is invited to the party; Equity means that everyone gets to contribute to the playlist; Inclusion means that everyone has the opportunity to dance." Similarly, equity should mean everyone gets what they need. But in practice, DEI and racial equity often translate into race-based treatment, proportionality and equal outcome. Counter to the very principles of equal opportunity and equal protection, real-life applications of DEI and equity have been thoroughly and profoundly hijacked by CRT, to the extent that these terms become perfect crystallizations of the race-based doctrine. Anti-racism guru Dr. Ibram X. Kendi argues for antiracist discrimination to create equity. Critical race theorists in public health make this association that "Critical race theory is an emerging transdisciplinary, race-equity methodology." DEI is defined as "part of a growing sociopolitical movement that is introducing contentious transformative changes based on fringe social theory to our institutions and throughout our culture, and enacting policies with almost no resistance or checks." Core tenets of a typical DEI program can be described by CRT and a baseline assumption that institutions are oppressive and much of society is inherently prejudice, forcing the pursuit of social justice to be the priority of organizations.
In a California context with growing national ramifications, promoting ethnic studies has become a sweeping movement that ushers in various CRT elements through focuses on power and privilege, forms of oppression, intersectionality, hegemony and other pedagogical tools. In short, ethnic studies is the paradigmatic vehicle for CRT. On March 18, 2021, the State Board of Education adopted its final Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC). This final version is still firmly rooted in the divisive ideology of CRT, with "critique empire-building in history and its relationship to white supremacy, racism and other forms of power and oppression." Alarmingly, a more radical and CRT-oriented version of ethnic studies, marketed by "the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Institute" (LESMCI, formerly known as the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Coalition) has been adopted by a number of school districts, including several in San Diego County. LESMCI promotes the first version of ESMC, which was formerly rejected by the state and Governor Gavin Newsom. LESMCI categorizes CRT as a useful theoretical lens applied by ethnic studies scholars to center "the counter narratives of marginalized communities."
Five broad categories are evaluated: