TUSD’s Governing Board fired MAS director Sean Arce in a split vote Tuesday night, after chanting protesters delayed the decision. Despite impassioned pleas and a demonstration that saw supporters zip-tie themselves together, the board voted 3-2 to not renew his contract.... Read more»
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Arizona did a better job of getting Latino students through college than other states, but still lagged when it came to the number of Latino adults with college degrees compared to all adults, a new report said... Read more»
Beginning Tuesday, Tucson Unified School District will live-stream meetings of the district’s Governing Board.... Read more»1
Mike Wallace piqued those in power for more than half a century, nowhere more famously than on the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” between 1968 and 2008.... Read more»
Today on Buckmaster - The Monday Political Face-Off with Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom, then former TUSD Mexican American Studies teacher Curtis Acosta and attorney Richard Martinez.... Read more»
The nomination period for the annual Lumies Arts and Business Awards closes Thursday, April 12. The awards recognize local artists, organizations, educators and business partners. “It’s an effort to recognize the outstanding artists in the community who are not recognized at the state level.”... Read more»
As it searches for a new head, Pima Community College said it wants public input and will create a webpage and email address to inform the public and solicit comments.... Read more»3
For many, Arizona’s centennial was over Feb. 14, but Nogales and other communities around the state are using the opportunity to teach Arizona’s history and ponder its future throughout 2012. (with video)... Read more»1
The progressive blog Three Sonorans is no longer to be found at the Tucson Citizen website. David Morales’ blog, which focused on left-wing politics and TUSD’s ethnic studies, was pulled because of a “reckless disregard for the truth,” the Citizen’s administrator said.... Read more»5
House Republicans have made it clear that they aren’t finished with their war on women. Now they’ve leveled an attack on women’s economic security.... Read more»4
Comic news program The Daily Show took on TUSD’s ongoing controversy over ethnic studies Monday night. Here’s the video.... Read more»3
The names of the dead were read Friday in Tucson. For more than 13 hours, volunteers at Pima Community College read the names of U.S. service members who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Read more»1
Only a small minority of conservatives now say they place a “great deal” of trust in science, according to a survey published Thursday.... Read more»
While the White House has emphasized easing the burden for student borrowers, some contractors with the Department of Education appear to be exacerbating it.... Read more»
Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto of a bill that would have allowed electronic billboards will help preserve world-class astronomy in Arizona, a group of astronomers said Thursday.... Read more»2
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