Calls for diversity in classroom textbooks have led to tensions over how ethnic groups are represented in school curriculum, boiling down to a case of teaching tolerance and creating more inclusive learning for students. Starting in the 1940s and 1950s following the desegregation of schools, school curriculum hit a crossroad where educators had the opportunity…
Curtis Acosta was concerned. An English teacher at Tucson High School, he noticed an unsettling trend. Latino students were dropping out at a higher rate than their peers. He knew they were capable. But for some reason, they lacked the scholar’s appetite. So, he called a meeting with fellow educators from Tucson Unified School District…
Traducido por Javier Aispuro Desde el año pasado, el presidente Donald Trump reabrió la puerta para la expresión racial en los Estados Unidos. Con la proximidad que Arizona tiene con la frontera, los problemas raciales entre los inmigrantes no son nada nuevo. En los últimos diez meses, la administración de Trump ha propuesto una…
Traducido por Javier Aispuro A nivel nacional, por cada persona blanca encarcelada, aproximadamente cinco personas negras lo son, según el Proyecto de Condenas. En Arizona, esas proporciones son similares para los afroamericanos, con hispanos encarcelados aproximadamente el doble que los anglosajones. Sin embargo, los datos de la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos muestran…
President Trump’s 2018 appropriations bill suggests changing a 1971 act of Congress protecting wild horses from slaughter, and cuts the Wild Horse and Burro program by 12 percent. If passed, it will allow for the unlimited sale and slaughter of these American icons of the West. Wild horses are protected by an act of Congress…
