Editor: I found this latest information from two other blogs and thought our readers would be interested. They give an account of the latest happenings on a story that our blog has been following. Both talk about some of the actions by students in their attempt to find their own voice in the controversy. The second also provides interviews with teachers.
BREAKING: Wisconsin Comes to Arizona? Chained Ethnic Studies Students Take Over School Board in Tucson
From Alternet
Posted by jeffbiggers
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/04/26/breaking-wisconsin-comes-to-arizona-chained-ethnic-studies-students-take-over-school-board/
Has Wisconsin finally come to Arizona?
In an extraordinary uprising at the Tucson Unified School District board meeting tonight, Ethnic Studies/Mexican American Studies (MAS) students chained themselves to the board members chairs and derailed the introduction of a controversial resolution that would have terminated their acclaimed program’s core curriculum accreditation.Popular Tucson blogger and activist David Abie Morales calls it a “field trip for civics and democracy in action.”
“Nobody was listening to us, especially the board,” said MAS high school student and UNIDOS activist Lisette Cota. “We were fed up. It may have been drastic but the only way was to chain ourselves to the boards’ chairs.”...............
To read the complete post on Alternet, go to:
From Huffpost Politics:
Nation Watches Arizona Witch Hunt Showdown: Exclusive Interviews With Ethnic Studies Teachers
Posted: by Jeff Biggers 04/26/11 11:35 AM ET
UPDATE April 27th: In an extraordinary uprising at the Tucson Unified School District board meeting last night, Ethnic Studies/Mexican American Studies (MAS) students chained themselves to the board members chairs and derailed the introduction of a controversial resolution that would have terminated their acclaimed program's core curriculum accreditation.
An increasingly baffled nation will watch as the long and twisted witch hunt of Tucson's Ethnic Studies/Mexican American Studies program takes a hasty Orwellian turn.
Despite the fact that a costly state-commissioned audit has been delayed and largely discredited, and a new federal suit has recently been filed by the affected Mexican-American Studies teachers, the once defiant Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) governing board could buckle under the state's bullying and consider a resolution that effectively castrates one of their district's most acclaimed programs. ....................
To read the complete article, go to Huffpost Politics:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/arizona-witch-hunt_b_853546.html
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Children learn more when the knowledge they bring into the classroom is homored and respected. These students deserve to have their voices heard.
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