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A Los Angeles parent is suing his daughter's former school, alleging it treats Jewish individuals as "oppressors" and has z “racially divisive" ideology. ....
Share: LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ On Monday, December 14, Brentwood School (BWS), a private K-12, kicked off a year-long diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative with an online keynote event. The project includes multiple segments: community forums; surveys of students, staff, parents/guardians and alumni experiences; dialogue sessions; a curriculum review; and DEI consulting. It will culminate in a multiyear strategic plan that includes new staff training, accountability systems, and further initiatives at the Southern California independent school. We want Brentwood to be a place of safety, equity, and respect for every single student, Brentwood Head of School Dr. Michael Riera said, Where our differences can make us better and where all feel welcome. ....
A s 2020 winds down, we asked our regular columnist pediatrician Matt Thompson for a New Year s reading list for parents of kids at various stages of development. As the pandemic continues, We should all have plenty of time to read this winter, he writes. Here are some books I recommend for parents. Some are newer than others, but they are all good reads. It should be noted that Thompson himself is a fairly prolific author, having written more than 60 columns on all sorts of issues parents face. Among the most shared are Helping Kids Feel Secure from 2016, Teen Tune-Up from 2014 and 2012 s Unleash the Monster, a treatise on relieving childhood constipation. Since 2008, his work has appeared in nearly every issue of ....