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Inside California Education A new season of Inside California Educa- tion is underway, presenting a variety of topics on public education from schools and communities across the state. One recent show looks at El Rancho High School in Los Angeles, which boasts an entire cross-curricular department focused on Ethnic Studies â well ahead of the new state law requiring all high school students to take at least one Ethnic Studies course before graduation, starting in the 2025â26 school year. (Among the offerings: a math course titled "I am an ethnic statistic.") Another segment explores the successes and challenges of affordable housing for educators on school district properties; another checks in on students building and racing hydrogen fuel cell cars. The series covers early educa- tion, Kâ12 and community colleges, and features small rural districts, urban schools and everything in between. View episodes at insidecaled.org or on your local PBS station. Inside California Education is a production of PBS KVIE in Sacramento and NationalEdOnline. From a segment on Ethnic Studies at El Rancho High School in Los Angeles. Survey: Support for Unions Amid Economic Uncertainty The 25th year of the statewide Public Policy Institute of California survey was released in November: "Californians and Their Economic Well-Being" surveyed 2,250 California adult residents in October on a variety of topics. Majorities of Californians think the state is headed in the wrong direction economically and favor increased government funding for childcare programs and job training programs, an expansion of the earned income tax credit as well as policies to reduce higher education costs and offer a public health option. To see the full report, go to ppic.org/survey. A bright spot (in percentages): Approve Disapprove All adults 70 26 4 Don't Know Most Californians approve of labor unions And a majority say they would like to see labor unions in the U.S. have more influence than they have today or should have the same amount of influence as they do today: More influence than they have today The same as today Less influence than they have today All adults 34 41 22 3 Don't Know A plurality of Californians think labor unions should have the same amount of influence as they have today 12 cta.org In the Know N E W S & N O T E S