Arizona’s Growing Latino Population Is Underrepresented Among Teachers
Only 16% of Arizona’s more than 58,000 teachers are Latino.
Only 16% of Arizona’s more than 58,000 teachers are Latino.
“I had a home in Michoacán, a good life,” Rosario said. “My husband and I got married and we built a beautiful life together, but we had to leave. We dropped everything in order to just feel secure again.”
Since the Trump administration invoked Title 42 in March 2020, more than 1.7 million migrants have been turned away at the border – more than 300,000 of them in Arizona.
Despite such proposals being deeply unpopular, many states have moved to ban or restrict any curriculum that has to do with teaching about sexuality or race relations.
The measure, which ultimately passed, prevented thousands of educators from either being furloughed or losing their jobs.