Arizona Law Puts Tight Rein on Ethnic Studies Classes
Gov. Jan Brewer has drawn both praise and criticism for her decision to sign a pair of hotly debated education bills, one that sharply reduces the scope of ethnic studies at public schools in Arizona and the other setting the stage for a system that will link teachers’ and principals’ evaluations with student-achievement data.
“This legislative session was by far the most important education reform session the state has ever had,” said Matthew Ladner, the vice president of research for the Goldwater Institute, a think tank based in Phoenix.
By contrast, John Wright, the president of the Arizona Education Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association, said: “There really was not much to support in the way of education legislation that...
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