Flagstaff Mayor Joe Donaldson knows a good thing when he sees it. It comes as no surprise, then, that he has been a strong supporter of the state's bioscience industry from the very start. Since that time, Donaldson has set…

[Source: W.P Carey School of Business, Arizona State University] — The global marketplace is a single, level playing field where competition has become a matter of survival of the fittest, according to Thomas L. Friedman in his best-selling book “The…

[Source: Lori Olszewski and Diane Rado, Chicago Tribune] — Frustrated with piecemeal school reform across the nation, a prestigious panel Thursday endorsed a radical overhaul of U.S. education, including a chance for most students to cut short their high school…

Seventeen teachers in Maricopa County’s neediest schools were finalists in the Rodel Exemplary Teacher Initiative award competition. Nine teachers received the award and were profiled in the Arizona Republic. Click here to view a slide show of the winning teachers.…

[Source: Charles Kelly, Arizona Republic] — No, the sliced brains weren’t all that icky. Actually, they were fascinating for many of the 25 Dysart Unified School District students who toured Sun Health Research Institute last week in connection with the…

At the November 13, 2006 meeting of the Governor’s P-20 Council, Dr. Rufus Glasper, Council Chair, announced that Xan Simonson, Biotechnology Academy Coordinator for Mesa Public Schools, would join the Council as a teacher representative.