Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Will Arizona Go After Ethnic Studies Programs at Universities Next?

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“Arizona Official Considers Targeting Mexican American Studies in University” This is the latest news headline coming out of Arizona. See ...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Should we be Emulating the Tucson Mexican American Studies Program rather than Eliminating It?

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Editor: rather than eliminating the Mexican American Studies Program in the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona, author Keith Catone a...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

What Lessons did the Arizona Legislature Teach the Students when They Banned Mexican American Studies: Teacher Curtis Acosta Shares a Student’s Letter

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Editor: In an earlier post , I reflected on the lessons that might have been learned by the students whose books were banned from the classr...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Diane Ravitch's Report Card Flunks Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

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In an article in the March 7th issue of The New York Review of Books , Diane Ravitch critiques Arne Duncan’s performance as our Secretary of...
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Saturday, March 3, 2012

WHO BREAKS A BUTTERFLY UPON A WHEEL

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Our friends over at Publicola have recently been hosting a rousing debate between big bucks Democrat Nick Hanauer and WEA President Mary Li...
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Friday, March 2, 2012

JEC Associate Editor, John Richardson, Receives Award for “Comparing Special Education: Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes”

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John Richardson, Associate Editor of the Journal of Educational Controversy and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Western Washington Unive...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

A Courageous Young Student Fights for his Rights in Court and Wins: Russell Dickerson III Talks to Teachers on What They Need to Know about Bullying

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Editor: After enduring years of bullying and harassment during his junior high school and high school years, Russell Dickerson decided to fi...
Friday, February 17, 2012

The Contraception Controversy Again Raises the Separation of Church and State Question

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Today’s news coverage over an individual’s religious liberty rights and the right of equal protection to a social benefit in a democratic co...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Grace Lee Boggs Responds to our Review of her Book, The Next American Revolution

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Our current issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy published two reviews of The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

NO HISTORY IS ILLEGAL-- A Grassroots Campaign Challenges Arizona's Ban on Mexican American Studies

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We announced in our last post that our current issue of the journal has an article by Augustine Romero, Director of Student Equity and Co-F...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Fifth Anniversary Issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy Now Online: The Education and Schools our Children Deserve

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We are pleased to announce the publication of our special issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy on the theme, “ The Education and...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Washington State ACLU Achieves Settlement for Bullying Victim

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The ACLU of Washington State announced today a settlement for a former student who had been bullied throughout his junior high and high scho...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

What is Really at Stake in Arizona’s Ban on Mexican American Studies

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I have been asked to capture the essence of what is happening in the Tucson Unified School District in a few paragraphs for the newsletter a...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Tucson Teacher Reveals Ongoing Frustrations after the Dismantling of the Mexican American Studies Program

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Editor: There have been numerous articles, editorials, television interviews, etc, in the media since we first started to report on the even...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Responses from Authors whose Books were Banned in Tucson, Arizona Schools

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Many of the books banned from classrooms in the Tucson Unified School District were important books, even classics like Shakespeare's Te...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Faced with a Multimillion Dollar penalty, Tucson School Board Dismantles Mexican American Studies

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Editor: After being ordered to shut down the Mexican American studies program or face a reduction of almost fifteen million dollars from sta...
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