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Tucson's Mexican-American Studies Ban

Season 17 • 04/02/2012

Al Madrigal learns how Arizona solved the biggest problem facing their schools: ethnic studies.

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Tucson's Mexican-American Studies Ban
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Al Madrigal travels to Arizona, where the powerful evidence of hearsay convinced the Tucson school board to ban Mexican-American studies programs.
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