Shakespeare Play - The Tempest - Barred from Arizona Public Schools

wsj.com/law - By Sam Favate - Two years ago, Arizona made headlines with its ban on ethnic studies in the state’s schools, and the Tucson school district in particular was under the spotlight for its Mexican-American Studies Program. Turns out the ban also includes William Shakespeare’s The Temptest — about a banished duke who seeks revenge through magic. Arizona’s new law prohibits courses and classes that “promote the overthrow of the United States government, promote resentment toward a race or class of people, are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group or advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.”

Link to Story: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/01/17/shakespeares-the-tempest-barred-from-arizona-public-schools/ 

Related Links:

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” – Romeo and Juliet – Act II – Scene One - http://www.william-shakespeare.info/act2-script-text-romeo-and-juliet.htm 

Yo! Tucson! Dig this!:

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