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Sponsor Appealnew

The drama over the termination of a University of Arizona assistant professor and the future of marijuana research continues.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
07-29-2014 |
Education
No Helpnew

Another family speaks out about the failures of TUSD's special-education services.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
10-15-2012 |
Education
Tags: TUSD
Finding Hopenew

A parent speaks out about TUSD's special-ed troubles
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-27-2012 |
Education
Tags: special education, TUSD
Preponderance of Evidencenew

The federal DOE's Office of Civil Rights determines that TUSD officials retaliated against a whistleblower.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-13-2012 |
Education
Tags: TUSD, Tucson School District
Walk or Take Sun Tran!new

Some Pueblo High students are surprised to learn their school buses have been sent elsewhere
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
08-16-2012 |
Education
After Speaking Outnew

A $1 million libel lawsuit against Mexican-American studies teachers continues.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
08-10-2012 |
Education
TUSD and Desegregation: a Historynew
Desegregation efforts in the Tucson Unified School District started with a lawsuit filed 38 years ago. In 1974, two families filed separate lawsuits against the district to address disparities in the education of African-American and Mexican-American students...
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-10-2012 |
Education
Ties That Bindnew

Internal struggles in the University of Arizona Mexican American Studies department continue to grow.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-03-2012 |
Education
Emails and B.S.new

We get the runaround -- and impossible answers -- from the University of Arizona regarding a TUSD-related records request.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
02-08-2012 |
Education
The End of Ethnic Studies in Tucson?new

Confusion reigns after the Tucson Unified School District board votes to eliminate ethnic studies.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
01-18-2012 |
Education
A Board Dividednew

The TUSD school board finally picks a committee to help select a replacement for the late Judy Burns
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
12-08-2011 |
Education
All for Onenew

Five Tucson literacy organizations decide the future looks brighter if they face it together
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-29-2011 |
Education
Tucson Schools' Ethnic-Studies Programs Hang in the Balancenew

The future of the Tucson Unified School District's ethnic-studies programs could be determined at the next governing board meeting, on Tuesday, April 26.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
04-21-2011 |
Education
Tags: Tucson, ethnic studies