| Arizona schools brace for end of temporary sales tax | | Sat, Nov 10, 2012 | Education | | Education funding in Arizona could be facing its own “fiscal cliff,” as years of budget cuts and the pending loss of more than $600 million in temporary tax revenue take their toll.The expiration in May of a temporary sales tax for education, along with the defeat on Tuesday of Proposition Read More Tags: Arizona, Education funding, Proposition 204 | - Share It!
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| -AZ budget chief: Higher education to take biggest hit from state's rising health costs | | Thu, Aug 25, 2011 | Education | | WASHINGTON – Arizona’s colleges and universities will likely bear the brunt of budget cuts forced by rapidly rising health care costs, the state’s budget director told a Washington audience Tuesday. Tags: Arizona, Budget, Colleges, Universities | - Share It!
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| -Committee exploring union of Arizona school districts | | Thu, Jul 28, 2011 | Education | | The Arizona RepublicState-mandated unification and consolidation of school districts in the past has not fared well with wary Arizona voters.School districts have been concerned about losing local control, teachers and their identities if merged with each other. Tags: Arizona, School Districts, LD23, Johm Filmore | - Share It!
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| Former Intel CEO blasts education in Arizona | | Wed, Mar 30, 2011 | Education | | The Arizona Republicby Ginger Rough and Betty Beard Gov. Jan Brewer and the state's top lawmakers got a reality check Tuesday from former Intel Chief Executive and Board Chairman Craig Barrett, who told them Arizona's education system is hindering economic-development efforts.Barrett's remarks come as Brewer and the Legislature are working Read More Tags: Arizona, Jan Brewer, Intel, Craig Barrett | - Share It!
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| Tom Horne: Tucson Unified School District runs afoul of ethnic studies law | | Mon, Jan 3, 2011 | Education | | Arizona RepublicBy Mary K. Reinhart State schools Superintendent Tom Horne says the Tucson Unified School District is violating a new state law intended to quash its ethnic-studies program, a breach he believes can only be remedied by doing away with Mexican-American studies.Horne has scheduled a news conference today, hours before Read More Tags: Arizona, Ethnic Studies, Mexican American, African-American | - Share It!
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| A Crack in the Wall | | Fri, Nov 5, 2010 | Education | | New York TimesEditorial When the Supreme Court took up a case about a school choice program in Arizona this week, Justice Elena Kagan said she had been “puzzling and puzzling” over it. Why, she asked the state’s lawyer, instead of providing families with vouchers, is Arizona’s program “so much more complicated Read More Tags: Arizona, U.S. Supreme Court, School Choice program | - Share It!
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| U.S. Census: Arizona 49th in education funding | | Thu, Jul 1, 2010 | Education | | KTAR.comBy Kevin Tripp/KTAR and Sandra Haros/KTAR PHOENIX -- Arizona ranks 49th among the states when it comes to education funding, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.Figures for 2007-08 show Arizona spent 7,608 per pupil in K-12. New York was the top spender, at $17,173 per pupil, followed by New Jersey, Alaska, Read More Tags: Chad Campbell, AIMS, Educational quality | - Share It!
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| Mexicans Are Not Dumb, the Schools Fail | | Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | Education | | Reader Supported News | PerspectiveBy Rodolfo F. Acuna The great American educator, John Dewey, repeatedly made the case that students did not fail; schools failed students. This principle is one of the canons upon which Chicana/o, or La Raza, Studies was formed. Historically, American public schools have written Mexican-Americans off as Read More Tags: Hispanics, Arizona, Illegal immigration | - Share It!
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| Schools: Immigrant families leaving Arizona because of new immigration law | | Fri, May 28, 2010 | Education | | Arizona RepublicBy Pat Kossan Reports are surfacing around the Valley that illegal-immigrant families with school-age children are fleeing Arizona because of a new immigration law.Some school officials say enough parents and students have told them they plan to leave the state this summer to indicate Hispanic enrollment could drop at Read More Tags: SB1070, Illegal immigration, School age children, Arizona Schools | - Share It!
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