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CUNY To Open New Mexican-American Institute

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Mexican American Studies, Mas, Mexican Studies, Video, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, Hispanic Heritage, Cuny, Latino Prosperity, Slidepollajax, Latino Voices News

The City University of New York (CUNY) is starting an institute devoted to the study of Mexican and Mexican-American studies, with a focus specificall...

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Tucson High School Blocks Renowned Author Ana Castillo's Visit: Community Hosts Events/Fundraiser

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Tucson, Mexican American Studies, Ana Castillo, Tucson Unified School District, Education News

In a stunning rejection of celebrated author Ana Castillo's offer to read and speak with Tucson high school students next week, Tucson Unified School District administrators added a new chapter to the nation's most troubling censorship crackdown.

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Anger Reignited Over Arizona's Ethnic Studies Ban

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Sean Arce, Video, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Tucson Unified School District, Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban, Arizona Schools, Ethnic Studies Program, Tucson Arizona, Education News

PHOENIX -- An Arizona school district's decision to oust the director of a dismantled Mexican-American studies program and a recent segment on a TV co...

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Controversial Latino Blog Silenced

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Mark Evans, Tucson Citizen, Video, Daniel Patterson, Arizona, Tucson Unified School District, Latino Politics, David Morales, Three Sonorans, Latino Voices News

This week, the Tucson Citizen, Arizona’s leading site for bloggers and citizen journalists, has pulled the plug on one of their most popular and con...

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Beyond Books: Tucson School District Tries to Block Annual Cesar Chavez Celebration

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Cesar Chavez, Latinos, Arizona, Tucson Unified School District, John Pedicone, Civil Rights, Education News

While schools across the country celebrate United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez's March 31st birthday, Tucson students reassigned from the recently outlawed Mexican American Studies program will also be forced to deliberately ignore Arizona's most famous native son.

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Underground Libraries Offer Access To Allegedly Banned Books

The Huffington Post | Laura Steiner | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Video, Tucson Unified School District, Librotraficante, Arturo Rosales, Book Banning, Hispanic Heritage, Sandra Cisneros, Immigration, Richard Delgado, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Tusd, Latino Voices News

An 'underground library' movement is starting to develop in Houston, San Antonio, Albuquerque and Tucson as part of the 'Librotraficante Caravan' , a...

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Has Tucson School District Become Little Rock, Arkansas 1954? New Court Suit on Segregation Violations Over Mexican American Studies Crackdown

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Tucson Ethnic Studies, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Tucson Unified School District, Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban, Book Banning, Education News

The questions beg: How much lower and blatantly racist will Tucson school officials go? Will Tucson community leaders, like Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, stand by and watch the reckless measures of "demagogic extremists"?

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Books Allegedly Banned From High School Being Smuggled Back To Arizona

The Huffington Post | Laura Steiner | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Governor Jan Brewer, Arizona HB 2281, Jan Brewer, Video, Arizona Law, Tucson Unified School District, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Librotraficante, Tuscon, Hispanic Heritage, Hb 2281, John Huppenthal, Latino Voices News

A caravan of cars, full of activists and writers will be heading soon from Houston, Texas, to Tucson, Arizona. It's cargo: books that were alleged...

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Breaking: The "Madness" of the Tucson Book Ban: Interview With Mexican American Studies Teacher Curtis Acosta on The Tempest

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Tucson Unified School District, Book Ban, Tucson Ethnic Studies, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Arizona Book Ban, Tucson Book Ban, The Tempest Banned, Education News

Scholars and educators from across the country have hailed Tucson's MAS program as "the nation's most innovative and successful academic and instructional program in Ethnic Studies at the secondary school level."

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Up Is Down and Down Is up -- Alice in America's Wonderland

Steve Nelson | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Reverse Racism, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Tucson Unified School District, President Barack Obama, Affirmative Action, White Privilege, Mitt Romney, Class Envy, Racism, Immigration, Capitalism, Newt Gingrich, Class Warfare, Separation of Church and State, Free Markets, Education News

The recent decision to axe an ethnic studies program in Tucson is symptomatic of a bewildering turn of events in our country.

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Day After in Tucson: As School Board Padlocks Program, Mexican American Studies Will Rise Again in Courts and 2012 Election

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Tucson Ethnic Studies Controversy, Ethnic Studies Tucson, Tucson Ethnic Studies, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson Mexican American Studies, Education News

While denying a motion for a preliminary injunction last night, U.S. Circuit Court Judge A. Wallace Tashima granted plaintiff and MAS student Korina Lopez standing in her claims on the constitutional violations of the state ban on the teaching of Ethnic Studies.

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Tucson School Board To Decide On Controversial Mexican American Studies Program

Pamela Powers Hannley | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Offthebus 2012, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, Arizona, Mexican American Studies, Offthebus, Off the Bus, Politics News

Members of the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board are expected to vote tonight on the fate of a controversial Mexican American Studies program. Will they accept the state's ruling that MAS violates the law? Will they vote to dismantle or modify MAS? Or will they further appeal the findings and accept the multi-million-dollar fines?

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Profile in Courage: On Frontlines of Arizona Crisis, Mexican American Studies Director Sean Arce Teaches Nation an Enduring Lesson

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Latinos, Education, Chicanos, Innovators, Tucson Unified School District, Mexican American Studies, Tucson, Tom Horne, Sean Arce, Mexican Americans, Arizona, John Huppenthal, School, Russell Pearce, Chicano, Education News

As Tucson Unified School District students returned to the classroom yesterday, the towering role of one education innovator is being championed by a broad spectrum of local students, parents, teachers, community members and national scholars.

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Arizona's Precious Knowledge: Blockbuster New Film Chronicles Ethnic Studies Battle

Jeff Biggers | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Education, Jan Brewer, Jose Gonzales, Tucson Unified School District, Curtis Acosta, Tucson, Arizona Gone Wild, Tom Horne, Arizona, John Huppenthal, Tea Party, School, Precious Knowledge, Russell Pearce, Precious Knowledge Movie, Chicano, Politics News

Precious Knowledge is the type of unique and powerful film that could ultimately shift public perception and policy on one of the most misunderstood education programs in the country.

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College-Bound Students Defy Arizona's Witch Hunt with Boycott: Exclusive Interview with Ethnic Studies Students

Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Americans, Tucson Unified School District, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Gov. Jan Brewer, Mexicans, Mexican American Studies, Tucson, Tom Horne, Immigration, Education Reform, Arizona, Save Ethnic Studies, Students, Politics News

There will be a row of empty seats at tonight's Tucson Unified School District board meeting. Outraged by the lack of consideration of student concerns, the "UNIDOS" coalition has called for a boycott of the school district's meeting.

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Arizona Republican Wants To Ban Ethnic Studies

Arizona Daily Star | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tucson Unified School District, Jonathan Paton, Tucson, Politics News

A Tucson lawmaker and the state's schools chief are moving to make ethnic studies in the Tucson Unified School District illegal. If a bill set for a ...

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