ETHNIC STUDIES STUPIDITY

In the State legislature, there's a move to

Bill aims to rid TUSD of ethnic studies
'Racial agenda' decried by Horne; Paton is sponsor
By Daniel Scarpinato
arizona daily star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.13.2009

There may be some merit to having this program but this comment by a defender is a FAIL:

"What we do is we ask our students to be critical of their reality," said Augustine Romero, the district's director of student equality. "Whatever lens they choose to look at the issue through, we help them look at the issues through that lens."

That means eventually expanding the program into math, with algebra and calculus taught through an ethnic lens.

"You use social reality to teach math," Romero said.