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    The ADL defended an ethnic studies program in Tucson, Arizona that was targeted by a new state law intended to eliminate it. The ADL concluded after a year-long examination that the program effectively provided Latino students a link to learning from which they previously felt alienated. The program was found to incorporate students' race and culture into learning as it was designed to do, which should be encouraged rather than prohibited. The ADL reiterated the school district's view that nothing in the program violated the new law, in contrast to the conclusions of state education authorities who had not thoroughly examined the program.

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    The ADL defended an ethnic studies program in Tucson, Arizona that was targeted by a new state law intended to eliminate it. The ADL concluded after a year-long examination that the program effectively provided Latino students a link to learning from which they previously felt alienated. The program was found to incorporate students' race and culture into learning as it was designed to do, which should be encouraged rather than prohibited. The ADL reiterated the school district's view that nothing in the program violated the new law, in contrast to the conclusions of state education authorities who had not thoroughly examined the program.

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    ADL Defends Ethnic Studies Program

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    The ADL defended an ethnic studies program in Tucson, Arizona that was targeted by a new state law intended to eliminate it. The ADL concluded after a year-long examination that the program effectively provided Latino students a link to learning from which they previously felt alienated. The program was found to incorporate students' race and culture into learning as it was designed to do, which should be encouraged rather than prohibited. The ADL reiterated the school district's view that nothing in the program violated the new law, in contrast to the conclusions of state education authorities who had not thoroughly examined the program.

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Contact: Bill Straus, Arizona ADL Regional Director: 602-274-0991 bstraus@adl.org

    ADL Defends “Ethnic Studies” Program Targeted by New Law

    Phoenix, AZ, May 14, 2010 .... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today defended the Tucson Unified
    School District’s ethnic studies program for Latino students against the new law (HB 2281) intended to
    eliminate it, and reiterated the District’s sentiment that nothing in the program violates the new law.

    Arizona Regional Board Chair Miriam Weisman and Regional Director Bill Straus issued the following
    statement:

    “ADL has been looking into this issue for over a year. We have heard from both Dr. Augustine Romero,
    who created and oversees the program, and Superintendent of Education Tom Horne, each of whom
    addressed both ADL’s Regional Education Committee and Regional Board. Additionally, we had
    education professionals spend a day in Tucson observing the program in action. After examining both
    sides of this more thoroughly than the Department of Education and the Legislature COMBINED, we
    concluded that the program does exactly what it was designed to do, provide Latino students a link to the
    learning process, a process from which many previously felt alienated. Incorporating students’ race or
    culture into the learning process should be encouraged, not prohibited. We further concluded that the
    program was not guilty of the most heinous allegations that have been leveled against it, something the
    Department of Education and Legislature would have discovered had they done their homework.”

    The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-
    Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.

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