by David Safier One of the greatest strengths of this country's educational system — which also leads to some of its most intractable problems and its huge expense — is our system of unlimited second chances, which holds that everyone should have the opportunity to go as far in their educational attainment as their ambition … Read more
by David Safier Honestly, it's laughable, except that the man is our Superintendent of Education. John Huppenthal spoke yesterday about his visit to an Ethnic Studies classroom: "My, firsthand, classroom encounter clearly revealed an unbalanced, politicized and historically inaccurate view of American History being taught." Huppenthal, of course is a scholar of American history and … Read more
by David Safier As usual, the cause-effect scenario in the Ethnic Studies battle is only being presented with a conservative spin on it. Horne and Huppenthal are saying, if TUSD doesn't get its act together and change or eliminate Ethnic Studies, it's in danger of losing $15 million. From that viewpoint, it sounds like the … Read more
by David Safier I woke up this morning thinking, the Republican war on Ethnic Studies is just the kind of thing that should be studied in Ethnic Studies. Then I see Fitz's cartoon this morning, which is worth more than a thousand of my words. So I'll let him do the talking.
by David Safier This should be an easy one for Horne. Going after Ethnic Studies in the state that gave you SB1070 shouldn't take any messing around with the facts. Enough people will be shocked and horrified and frightened simply because the courses discuss how Hispanics have been treated historically, how they are being treated … Read more