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

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 two weeks, January 4-18, you can access this report, including specific state reports and data.

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

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 2007 Teacher of the Year is Kristin Bourguet, 9th grade Integrated Science teacher at Marana […]

“We don’t have enough math teachers”

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

Glendale sixth-graders’ space station is tops

[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 requires teams of fifth- through eighth-grade students to design and build model international space stations […]

Holbrook schools

[Source: JoLynn Fox, AzJournal.com] — …Principal Connie McPherson related that the staff at Park Elementary School will be reviewing the school

Scottsdale’s BASIS school to move into bigger space

[Source: Ofelia Madrid, Arizona Republic] — BASIS Scottsdale, the charter school that garners some of the top test scores in the state, is moving to bigger digs. The 250-student school is at capacity at its current location, 9128 E. San Salvador Drive, and is adding Grade 9 this fall, said Michael Block, one of the […]

Teach For America culls the best, gives kids hope

[Source: Carol Sowers, Arizona Republic] — Hans Schmitz, 24, was poised to go to law school when he graduated last year from San Diego State University. A political science major, he sent applications to several California law schools, musing over a practice in mediation or public interest law. But then he heard a persuasive pitch […]

To start off your work week, some bio humor!

Make sure it all adds up (Arizona Republic editorial)

[Source: Richard deUriarte, Arizona Republic] — High school mathematics in Arizona isn’t exactly rocket science. But would it be more valuable if it were? Or, at least, a bit more like rocket science? A little tougher? A wee bit more demanding? A panel of educators and business leaders recently reported to Gov. Janet Napolitano that, […]

Reinventing the American High School for the 21st Century: A Position Paper

[Source: Pathways to College Network] — In this paper, the Association for Career and Technical Education makes a series of nine recommendations to help bring high schools in line with 21st century needs, including establishing a clear system goal of career and college readiness for all students, creating a school culture that stresses personalization, creating […]