Latest News and Comment from Education

Monday, January 10, 2011

The Answer Sheet - Latino studies program in Tucson declared illegal

The Answer Sheet - Latino studies program in Tucson declared illegal

Latino studies program in Tucson declared illegal

An Arizona state official has declared that an ethnic studies program on Latino culture is illegal under a new law that went effect on Jan. 1. The official is Tom Horne, the newly elected state attorney general who wrote the law last year when he was Arizona’s education superintendent. District officials say they aren’t breaking the law, and a group of teachers has filed suit challenging the law, which prohibits any classes that: