/ Curriculum Content for Â鶹´«Ã½ en /blog/curiosity/how-did-scholars-and-teachers-build-and-lgbtq-plus-k-12-curriculum <p><span lang="EN-US">Geraldine Portica might have known the risks every day when she wore a dress. In a 1917 portrait, she wears a dress and a wide-brimmed hat. She stands with one hand on her hip as her other hand extends the loose fabric of her skirt as if to show its cut.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US">A handwritten note on the photo's bottom margin explains that she had lived her whole life as female since her birth in Mexico.</span></p> November 05, 2025 - 2:12pm Karen Michele Nikos-Rose /blog/curiosity/how-did-scholars-and-teachers-build-and-lgbtq-plus-k-12-curriculum /news/california-k-12-curriculum-becomes-more-historically-accurate <p>For generations, it was a rite of passage for 9-year-olds from San Diego to Eureka to craft popsicle-stick and sugar-cube models of a specific California mission. But, the fourth-grade “mission projectâ€� is disappearing from many classrooms, as the curriculum that students learn moves into a more accurate history reflecting all cultures.</p> August 30, 2017 - 3:10pm Karen Michele Nikos-Rose /news/california-k-12-curriculum-becomes-more-historically-accurate