the texas state board of education took in april to begin the toe create a curriculum for mexican american tiedspassed in a bipartisan matter, democrats and republicans. i'd be interested to hear from each of you if you think we should take it's step further. it mexican american studies should be instituted in our public schools, integrated into our u.s. history courses? >> who wants to take this? >> i guess i'll jump in on it. that ought to be an option, if you want to do this, an elective. when i went to ut austin here, i took mexican american studies. wonderful history i never heard before because it simply wasn't told or wasn't told loudly enough. but every community ought to decide or every individual ought to decide whether or not they take it. when it comes to mandating the question, that's a different question. i believe that we ought to teach texas history and shouldn't ignore the realities of what may have occurred, whether it's good or bad. we have some ugly aparts of our history. we shouldn't hide from that. we can learn. we learn from our mistakes, right? and so i think history ough

>> reporter: in tucson, mexican-american studies was banned in 2011 amid vocal protests by high school students. >> give it a generic title like i'd tis. >> reporter: while the classes at south san francisco haven't generated heated debate here, the students and teachers know they're on the front lines. >> every human being knows how to adapt, right? that's part of being a human. >> now ethnic studies at south san francisco is an elective, but there is one school in southern california that will soon require ethnic studies for graduation there have been several efforts in sacramento to look at a statewide ethnic studies curriculum, but they haven't gotten very far. >> interesting. >>> it's like a disneyland fast pass for people who need their caffeine fix. starbucks announced that customers will be able to skip store lines and order their lat tase and mochas on their smartphone. coffee drinkers in portland will test out the system later this year. they'll roll out the service to all stores in 2015. during a shareholders meeting, starbucks executive did announce more than 14% of all starbucks transactions are made with smartphones. >>>