Tue Jan 24, 2012, 06:52 PM

WillyT (45,601 posts)

Have Any Of You Guys Been Following The Story Re: The Tuscon Schools ??? - Infuriating !!!

The quick down-low...

They shut down the Ethnic Studies Program, while retaining their European Studies.

They banned the books for the studies, and made the kids hand them over. Many with tears in their eyes when they did so.

They told the kids that if you want to learn "Mexican Studies" (they were Mexican-American Studies) that they should go to Mexico.

When the kids walked out of class in protest, they were punished by being assigned JANITORIAL DUTIES!!!

Link: http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2012/01/17/week-of-student-protests-to-culminate-in-massive-absence-on-jan-24th-100th-day-of-classes/

Link: http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2012/01/13/the-day-after-senior-ditch-day-only-students-that-walked-out-get-punished-at-cholla-hs/

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/tucson-ethnic-studies_b_1224256.html

These are children... all of our children... FUCK !!!

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Have Any Of You Guys Been Following The Story Re: The Tuscon Schools ??? - Infuriating !!! (Original post)	WillyT	Jan 2012	OP
I heard about it on Mike Malloy. It's another regressive assult on civility and education.	The Wielding Truth	Jan 2012	#1
You know something's wrong with our educational system...	caraher	Jan 2012	#2
Sick.	elleng	Jan 2012	#3
I've been posting and tweeting about it.	Starry Messenger	Jan 2012	#4
I just read the school board resolution ending the MAS curriculum	caraher	Jan 2012	#5
As obliquely as possible.	redqueen	Jan 2012	#6
Amy Goodman hosted a debate between AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal	PA Democrat	Jan 2012	#7
Thank You For That !!!	WillyT	Jan 2012	#8

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 06:54 PM

The Wielding Truth (8,440 posts)

1. I heard about it on Mike Malloy. It's another regressive assult on civility and education.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 06:57 PM

caraher (3,578 posts)

2. You know something's wrong with our educational system...

when those supervising education start declaring entire areas of knowledge off-limits.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:01 PM

elleng (40,548 posts)

3. Sick.

I'll never go to Arizona.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:09 PM

Starry Messenger (21,466 posts)

4. I've been posting and tweeting about it.

If there's ever a March on Tuscon, I want to be there. This is some jackbooted shit.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:10 PM

caraher (3,578 posts)

5. I just read the school board resolution ending the MAS curriculum

What a load of Orwellian bullshit! (see the sidebar on this site, which includes the resolution)

The Mexican-American Studies (MAS) Department is and shall remain an organizational contributor to TUSD’s commitment to greater academic and social equity for Hispanic Students.

All MAS courses and teaching activities, regardless of the budget line from which they are funded, shall be suspended immediately.

WTF? How the hell does one reconcile sentence 1 with sentence 2?

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:13 PM

redqueen (102,456 posts)

6. As obliquely as possible.

It pains me to know this is happening.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:21 PM

PA Democrat (10,988 posts)

7. Amy Goodman hosted a debate between AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal

and Richard Martinez, the attorney representing teachers and students trying to save the Mexican American Studies program. One of the books they banned was Shakespeare's The Tempest. I don't think the students had been punished for the walkout at the time of the interview, but I'm not surprised based upon Huppenthal's remarks.

He claimed the program was promoting Marxism. The guy is not an educator and paid more than $100,000 to have a team of educators come in and evaluate the program to see if it conformed to the law that Huppenthal had sponsored as a legislator. The evaluation team found no problem with the program, but the program was still eliminated despite its success.

Interview here:

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/1/18/debating_tucson_school_districts_book_ban

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:24 PM

WillyT (45,601 posts)

8. Thank You For That !!!

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