Federal judge orders Tucson schools to teach black and Latino culture

Source: Arizona Daily Star

A federal judge has ordered the Tucson Unified School District to begin offering culturally relevant courses in the next school year.

The classes, which will focus on the history, experiences and culture of black and Latino communities, are among many provisions in a plan that aims to bring racial balance to TUSD schools.

U.S. District Judge David Bury adopted the plan, known as the Unitary Status Plan, Wednesday. Bury is overseeing the district's decades-long desegregation effort.

... Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne led the charge in finding the courses to be unlawful while he served as the state superintendent of public instruction. Though Horne has left that post, he has continued to lobby against the classes, objecting to the new culturally relevant courses that are part of the unitary plan.

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