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| Title | Article: Arizona, Tucson at Odds Over Ethnic Studies |
| Body | Fromhttp://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/11/37arizona_ep.h29.html?tkn=UOVFZr0/bhKQHbcTy2aPdhz8NdWXsK6kyIOu&cmp=clp-ascd Arizona, Tucson at Odds Over Ethnic Studies By Mary Ann Zehr August 10, 2010 Arizona education department officials and administrators for the Tucson Unified School District are set to do battle over whether the school district should continue to offer its ethnic studies, particularly Mexican-American studies, in light of a new state law tightly restricting such classes. Tom Horne, Arizona’s superintendent of public instruction, turned up the heat on the controversy by sending a letter Aug. 3 to the superintendent of Tucson Unified threatening to withhold 10 percent of basic state aid to the district when the new law goes into effect Dec. 31. That law bars public schools from providing classes that are designed for a particular ethnic group, that advocate ethnic solidarity, or that promote resentment toward a race or group of people. Read the full article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/11/37arizona_ep.h29.html?tkn=UOVFZr0/bhKQHbcTy2aPdhz8NdWXsK6kyIOu&cmp=clp-ascd |
| Source | Education Week |
| Inputdate | 2010-08-21 04:25:55 |
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