News and Updates

High tech workshop to be held in Tucson on Feb. 6

January 05, 2007

On February 6, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Metropolitan Education Commission in Tucson will present the 9th Annual “Key To Employment High Tech Workshop, Expo, and Resource Fair.” Educators and over 500 high school students from Pima…


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East Valley to get health science high school

January 04, 2007

[Source: Josh Kelley, Arizona Republic] — Any students interested in becoming a pharmacy tech, nurse or even a doctor? Beginning in August, Mesa school officials plan to enroll the first class of freshman students in Health Science High School. Over…


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Selected quotes from Inauguration Day

January 04, 2007

“What we will prove as we move forward and build this ‘One Arizona’ is that we can continue to work on education, can continue to invest in teachers, especially those who teach subjects like math and science, continue to create…


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For next 2 weeks, free access to Quality Counts 2007 report

January 03, 2007

Education Week has published the 11th annual edition of Quality Counts. To ensure you get all of the information you want out of Quality Counts 2007, Education Week is holding an OPEN HOUSE for the next 2 weeks. So for…


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Watch “Arizona Teacher of the Year 2007” broadcast Jan. 17

January 03, 2007

On Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m., watch Eight/KAET-TV as it profiles each of Arizona’s 2007 teachers of the year. Each year, the Arizona Educational Foundation recognizes five exceptionally skilled and dedicated pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public school teachers. The…


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“We don’t have enough math teachers”

January 02, 2007

From this Tucson Citizen article, “Slacking off could get harder for seniors,” comes this quotable quote: …As with many administrators across the county, Sunnyside Superintendent Ra


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Glendale sixth-graders’ space station is tops

December 30, 2006

[Source: Meghan E. Moravcik, Arizona Republic] — A team of sixth-graders from Joy Christian School in Glendale beat out about 140 other teams Friday statewide to take the top prize in the Honeywell Fiesta Bowl Aerospace Challenge. The annual competition…


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