By Doug MacEachern
The very first person to stand up to the political operatives of the Ethnic Studies program at Tucson Unified School District was John Ward, a legitimate, talented history teacher who objected to the overt activism of the program's "progressive" instructors.
He paid a price for blowing the whistle. The activists, many of whom had no teacher credentials at the time, were assigned to "team teach" the "Latino perspective" in history classes with genuine teachers like Ward. But it quickly became evident that the sort of history his co-instructors had in mind was mere leftist, revolutionary propaganda.
Posted by Diana Rosendo
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Stop Arizona's Latino-bashing bandwagon
By Linda Valdez
A letter filled with ethnic stereotypes was read on the floor of the Arizona Senate by GOP Sen. Lori Klein who later told The Arizona Guardian that “If this letter is true, and that’s how little regard they have to get ahead in life and to be educated, we have a serious problem and we need to look at it.” The "they" she refers to are Latino children.
If the letter is true? If?
Posted by Diana Rosendo
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A letter filled with ethnic stereotypes was read on the floor of the Arizona Senate by GOP Sen. Lori Klein who later told The Arizona Guardian that “If this letter is true, and that’s how little regard they have to get ahead in life and to be educated, we have a serious problem and we need to look at it.” The "they" she refers to are Latino children.
If the letter is true? If?
Posted by Diana Rosendo
To read more, click here
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