At War with the State in Order to Save the Lives of Our Children: The Battle to Save Ethnic Studies in Arizona (Viewpoint Essay)

By The Black Scholar

At War with the State in Order to Save the Lives of Our Children: The Battle to Save Ethnic Studies in Arizona (Viewpoint Essay) - The Black Scholar
  • Release Date: 2010-12-22
  • Genre: Social Science

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Introduction QUESTION: What would you expect a state to do with a successful academic program that has: a) inverted the achievement gap between Mexican American students and their peers (regardless of ethnicity); b) reversed the graduation rate between Mexican American students and their Anglo peers; c) raised the college matriculations rates for Mexican American students significantly higher than the national average; and d) virtually eliminated suspensions and expulsions of Mexican American students? The data supporting all of these points are forthcoming in the Outcomes and Voices section.