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Kareem Neal Named AEF 2019 Arizona Teacher Of The Year

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Kareem Neal named AEF 2019 Arizona Teacher of the Year

October 25, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

October 25, 2018

Kareem Neal, a self-contained special education teacher at Maryvale High School, is the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2019 Teacher of the Year. Neal was selected from the five 2019 Ambassadors for Excellence that were identified by the foundation last month and…

District Gets International Attention For Re-thinking What School Looks Like

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District gets international attention for re-thinking what school looks like

October 23, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

October 23, 2018

One of Arizona’s newest public district schools is drawing international attention for an innovative structural and interior design created to improve student achievement by fostering engagement, collaboration and creativity. Educators, researchers, policymakers and architects from around the world gathered earlier…

Sahuarita Helps Students Ease Back Into Studies After A Concussion

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Sahuarita helps students ease back into studies after a concussion

October 10, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

October 10, 2018

When a high school student suffers a concussion it takes time for them to return to their normal level of physical and cognitive functioning, and a Sahuarita Unified School District program is helping make sure that they engage in a…

Carolyn Warner: Lifetime Education Leader Talks About The Issues

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Carolyn Warner: Lifetime education leader talks about the issues

October 10, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

October 10, 2018

Update: Carolyn Warner, who served as Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction for 12 years, passed away Oct. 9, 2018. This was her take on the education issues facing Arizona from an interview several years ago that ran as an AZEdNews story…

Supt. Candidates Disagree On How To Best Fund Schools At Debate

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Supt. candidates disagree on how to best fund schools at debate

October 3, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

October 3, 2018

The candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction agreed that education is key to Arizona’s economic well-being, but disagreed on how to best fund schools during a debate Tuesday in Phoenix hosted by KJZZ 91.5 FM. “We’re at a critical junction…

AZ Universities Help Students Learn About Admissions, Financial Aid

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AZ universities help students learn about admissions, financial aid

September 28, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

September 28, 2018

As part of the Achieve60AZ initiative, organizations across Arizona – including the state’s three public universities Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona – are seeking ways to increase the number of Arizonans with post-secondary degrees or…

$Poll: Americans Trust Teachers, But Don’t Want Their Child To Become One$

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Poll: Americans trust teachers, but don’t want their child to become one

September 12, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

September 12, 2018

Most Americans say public school teachers are underpaid, and 71 percent of those surveyed in the 2018 Phi Delta Kappan (PDK) Poll said they would support teachers in their community if they went on strike for higher pay. The 5oth…

Connecting Learning To Real World Makes Tartesso An A+ School

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Connecting learning to real world makes Tartesso an A+ School

September 4, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

September 4, 2018

Strong community support and connecting students’ learning to the real world are key to Tartesso Elementary being named an A+ School of Excellence. While Tartesso integrates technology into classroom learning and provides enrichment opportunities to ensure all students are college…

Ruling Removes Invest In Ed Proposition From Ballot

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Ruling removes Invest in Ed proposition from ballot

August 30, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

August 30, 2018

An Arizona Supreme Court ruling late Wednesday took the Invest in Education Act off the November ballot. The Invest in Ed proposition would have raised the income tax rate for single taxpayers who earn more than $250,000 in taxable income…

Students’ AzMERIT Results Show Steady Growth For Past Four Years

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Students’ AzMERIT results show steady growth for past four years

August 23, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

August 23, 2018

Arizona public school students’ proficiency levels statewide on the AzMERIT have shown steady growth over the past four years that the test has been given to measure students’ mastery of Arizona academic standards. Third- through eighth-graders take grade level assessments…

Strong Relationships, STEM Make Mansfeld Magnet An A+ School

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Strong relationships, STEM make Mansfeld Magnet an A+ School

August 16, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

August 16, 2018

A focus on building relationships with students and an emphasis on STEM principles have helped Mansfeld Magnet Middle School raise student test scores and earn the A+ School of Excellence Award from the Arizona Educational Foundation, said former principal Richard…

Voting Records Show Legislators’ Levels Of Support For Public Education

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Voting records show legislators’ levels of support for public education

August 8, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

August 8, 2018

As students go back to school, education advocacy groups hope Arizonans will study how state legislators voted in 2018 on key bills impacting students in K-12 public schools before they turn in their ballot for primary elections this month. (Click…

Educators Learn How To Develop Trauma-sensitive Schools

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Educators learn how to develop trauma-sensitive schools

August 2, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

August 2, 2018

Nearly 300 educators and community members learned how building supportive relationships and restorative justice practices can build a nurturing environment that helps children exposed to trauma during a recent symposium in Phoenix. When a child is exposed to trauma such…

#RedForEd Weighs In On Invest In Ed Ballot Language

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#RedForEd weighs in on Invest in Ed ballot language

July 25, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

July 25, 2018

About 100 people – many in #RedForEd t-shirts – attended a Legislative Council meeting Wednesday at the Arizona Legislature to determine ballot proposition language for Invest in Education and several other initiatives for the November elections. The Legislative Council is…

How Desegregation Changed Tolleson Elementary School District

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How desegregation changed Tolleson Elementary School District

July 16, 2018|
Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News Service

July 16, 2018

A sign stands in front of public school on West Garfield Street in Tolleson, Ariz., recounting a story of discrimination. Inside Porfirio H. Gonzales Elementary School, named after the man with a “defiant voice who cried out against” segregation of…

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