CPS launches Latino Studies program
CPS launches Latino Studies program
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In December of 2013, Chicago Public Schools unveiled a curriculum guide on African-American studies that allowed teachers to incorporate African-American studies into core subjects all year round. Now, CPS is targeting its largest group of minority students- Latinos. Chicago Board of Education Vice President Jesse Ruiz joins Morning Shift to talk about the new Interdisciplinary Latino and Latin American Studies curriculum. (Flickr/katerha)