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
by David Safier Monday promises to be a big day for TUSD's Ethnic Studies program. If I understand what I've read in a variety of news reports, Tom Horne is going to make his case for the program being out of compliance with HB2281. My guess, and I could be wrong, is that he's got … Read more