The banning of ethnic studies from schools brings into question the role of education. What is the purpose of schooling? Is it solely meant to create a competent future workforce?
AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 04.11.2012
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...
Emily Lutenski | Posted 05.15.2012
As the fate of Tucson's MAS program lies within the slowly grinding gears of the court system, the protest-performance of the librotraficantes -- their call for direct action -- deserves the support of all who believe in justice.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.10.2012
Thousands of teachers across the country are now using books and texts from Tucson's Mexican American Studies curricula in a special "No History is Illegal" campaign.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.04.2012
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"?
John Riofrio | Posted 04.01.2012
The misguided decision to ban ethnic studies turns truth into criminal behavior. It recasts Latinos and communities of color as outsiders, blaming them for their struggles in our flawed educational system.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.26.2012
A remarkably diverse array of librarians, educators, writers, civil rights activists and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is mounting a series of national actions to call attention to educational and civil right violations and to support local Tucson efforts.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011
The mural controversy is more than a local small city flap. If school Principal Lane buckles to the bigots' demands and reworks the mural he'll confirm the worst of the worst about Arizona, and himself. It's his choice.
Yvette Borja | Posted 05.11.2012