Tucson filmmakers Ari Luis Palos and Eren Isabel McGinnis’ documentary Precious Knowledge, about Tucson Unified School District’s battle over and heart of Mexican American Studies, is making the film ...

Tucson ethnic studies student, Mariah Harvey, describes how Mexican American Studies classes at Tucson High School enriched both her understanding of racial difference in her community as well as her ...

In January, the Tucson Unified School District ended its highly successful Mexican American Studies program after state officials threatened to withhold funding from schools that taught ethnic history ...

"Precious Knowledge" reports from the frontlines of one of the most contentious battles in public education in recent memory, the fight over Mexican American studies programs in Arizona public schools ...

Paulo Freire’s 1968 book, ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed,’ is mentioned several times in the upcoming documentary ‘Precious Knowledge’ on the PBS program ‘Independent Lens.’ The book has made the rounds ...

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The public is invited to a free screening of the documentary Precious Knowledge: a Revolutionary Education, Wednesday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m. The event, which is being presented by the Raritan Valley ...