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Ethnic studies embers still burn as bill aims to outlaw political speech in classrooms
Just when it seemed the conflict in Tucson Unified School District was nearly resolved, Sen. Lori Klein has sponsored a bill aimed at the teachers of the defunct Mexican American Studies program.
Huppenthal accepts judge’s ruling of illegal on ethnic studies program
State schools chief John Huppenthal today accepted an administrative law judge’s findings that Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies program is illegal. The school district’s governing board will now have to decide whether to come into compliance or lose 10 percent of the district’s state funding, which amounts to about $15 million a year, or appeal Huppenthal’s de[...]
Tucson district reviewing ethnic studies ruling
TUCSON a�� Tucson Unified School District officials plan to hold a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss an administrative law judge's ruling that district's ethnic studies program violates state law. The district said in a statement Wednesday that it is reviewing the ruling.
State’s ethnic studies attorneys use TUSD officials’ words against them
Attorneys for Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal say that the words of board members and brass of Tucson Unified School District make the case that the district violates the state’s restrictions on ethnic studies programs.
Judge orders desegregation expert to help TUSD
A federal judge has ordered a desegregation expert to help resolve a decades-long battle to end racial disparity in the Tucson Unified School District.
Court resumes monitoring TUSD desegregation efforts
The Ninth Circuit has re-instated court oversight of Tucson Unified School District’s desegregation efforts, with Judge Sidney Thomas writing in his opinion that the 2009 decision to grant the district “unitary” status was unfounded.
Court orders renewed federal oversight of Tucson school desegregation
A federal appeals court Tuesday ordered a lower court to renew its oversight of a decades-long desegregation order against the Tucson Unified School District.
Huppenthal wants more time on TUSD ethnic studies
State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal is extending the time his office will investigate the Tucson Unified School District's Mexican-American Studies program.
