Department of Education investigates Palo Alto Unified over student survey

The U.S. Department of Education on Monday opened an investigation on three California school districts, including Palo Alto Unified, to determine whether they violated federal laws by issuing a student “Wheel of Privilege” survey. School Superintendent Jason Glass said the district will fully cooperate with the investigation and has already begun the process of investigating its practices, he wrote in a message to this publication. Palo Alto students are not required to participate in the privilege surveys, he wrote. “Both of our high schools have confirmed that students are not asked to complete the ‘Wheel of Power/Privilege’ or ‘Mapping My Identities’ activities named in the Department’s letter,” Glass wrote.

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