by David Safier A few things have happened since Huppenthal said he was ignoring everything in the MAS audit, except for the few peripheral criticisms he agrees with, and declaring the program illegal. TUSD is appealing the decision, and the ACLU has made an extensive records request. The TUSD Board asked for "an administrative hearing … Read more
by David Safier Huppenthal is right. Heads should roll. Arizona should get the $100,000-plus it spent on that shoddy MAS audit back. The auditors didn't do their job. Whoever commissioned the audit — it's time to name names — needs to be held accountable. Do you know what $100,000 will buy in these cash-strapped time? … Read more
by David Safier When Huppenthal concluded the MAS program violated state law, he referenced the parts of the audit which criticized some of the texts for inappropriate passages and some of the curriculum for an overly political slant (though the audit also commented, it wasn't sure the objectionable texts or curriculum are currently in use). … Read more
by David Safier Talk about your liberal media! First it was Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal. Now Forbes is making Huppenthal look like a fool over his ignoring (same root as "ignorance") the MAS audit he commissioned. Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal says the ethnic studies program in the Tucson Unified School District is … Read more
by David Safier There's a post on the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog about Huppenthal's MAS decision. The nice thing is, it summarizes the whole picture, audit and all. Huppenthal claimed earlier this week that the Tucson program was designed primarily for students of one ethnic group and advocates ethnic solidarity, a finding based on … Read more