Document Type
Interview
Abstract
The ethnic studies program in Tuscan Unified School District (TUSD) emerged in the 1990’s as a grassroots effort to reverse the disturbingly low trends in Latino academics. Nationally, the dropout rate for Latinos is consistently about 56%, and only 24% of Latino students continue onto college. As a solution to the low achievement, teachers in the TUSD designed ethnic studies classes to be culturally relevant so that students can see themselves and a purpose in the curriculum. The program has been successful; Latinos in the program drop out at a rate of 2.5%, much lower than the national average. In addition, students in the program outperform their peers in state standardized tests (Save Ethnic Studies, 2011).
Genre/Form
articles
Recommended Citation
Meza, Celina
(2014)
"Precious Knowledge: An Interview with Film Director, Ari Palos, on April 15, 2013,"
Journal of Educational Controversy: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://cedar.wwu.edu/jec/vol8/iss1/10
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Mexican Americans--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Arizona--Tucson; Mexican American high school students--Arizona--Tucson; Discrimination in education--Arizona--Tucson
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
Tucson High School (Tucson, Ariz.)--Curricula; Palos, Ari Luis
Geographic Coverage
Tucson (Ariz.)--Ethnic relations; Tucson (Ariz)--Social conditions
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Type
Text