Some ethnic studies teachers incorporated lessons on the Gaza conflict and made other changes put forth by a group of educators and activists called the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium. No one has tracked how many schools offer ethnic studies, or how many require it, but some say the momentum is lost. “I think the people who supported ethnic studies didn’t realize they were opening a can of worms,” Kocivar said. There was some pushback against Santa Ana Unified when two Jewish civil rights groups sued, claiming the district’s ethnic studies courses contained antisemetic material. Polarized political climateCamarillo, the Stanford professor, said the national political climate “no question” has had a significant effect on the ethnic studies rollout.