What's Next? Link to this section
Week of July 7, 2025 Link to this section
- Identify possible SFUSD replacement curriculum for SY 25-26 using the criteria listed. Evaluate the different potential curriculums to serve as SFUSD’s pilot curriculum while we go through an audit of our existing curriculum and develop a curriculum recommendation for Board approval.
July 17, 2025 Link to this section
- Draft agenda for July 29 Board of Education posted, including proposed contract to purchase curriculum for SY 2025-2026
July 29, 2025 Link to this section
- The SF Board of Education will take action on the proposed purchase of Ethnic Studies curriculum for SY 2025-2026.
July 30 and 31, 2025 Link to this section
- All Administrative Institute: welcome all School Site leaders back from summer break
- Share approved new standardized Ethnic Studies curriculum
August 12-15, 2025 Link to this section
- Train all Ethnic Studies teachers on new standardized pilot curriculum
- Provide course options to incoming 9th-grade students, including the process to opt-out of the standardized ethnic studies course and available course alternatives available to students.
August 18, 2025 Link to this section
- First day of Fall 2025
- New standardized ethnic studies curriculum will be implemented in all SFUSD high schools
September 2025 Link to this section
- Plan and implement an independent audit of SFUSD’s Ethnic Studies. Similar to the adoption of SFUSD’s ELA and Math curriculum, the process will yield a report identifying strengths, challenges, and needs with SFUSD’s current curriculum.
October 2025 Link to this section
- Social Studies Accelerator and WestEd contracts completed and approved
November and December 2025 Link to this section
- Social Studies Accelerator collects pilot data
- WestEd receives SFUSD curriculum and completes audit report
January 2026 - Receival of Partner Work Link to this section
- Receive pilot data and analysis from Social Studies Accelerator
- Receive final audit report from WestEd
February 2026 - Info Sharing Link to this section
- Share Pilot Data results and analysis
- Share audit report
- Recruit the Evaluation Committee
March 2026 - Evaluation Link to this section
- Training the Evaluation Committee
- Evaluation Committee completes Scoring
- Data Analysis of scoring
April 2026 - Board Adoption Meeting Link to this section
- Final recommendation for adoption
- Includes evaluation committee results
- Includes contracts for purchasing
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On June 30, 2025, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Superintendent Dr. Maria Su announced a comprehensive plan for the district's Ethnic Studies curriculum beginning in the 2025-26 school year. The plan is designed to support strong student outcomes in the upcoming school year and build on the district’s ongoing efforts to ensure stability and improvement. More information is available on the SFUSD Ethnic Studies webpage.
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This page was last updated on November 17, 2025