PHOENIX — From marching band and sports to theater and field trips, extracurricular activities play an important role in building character, encouraging curiosity, developing self-esteem and helping kids grow into responsible adults. That’s the motivation behind a public-service campaign launched
Arizona State University has announced its first official charter, a comprehensive document focusing the university’s mission on the inclusion and success of all its students, and on a fundamental social responsibility to the communities ASU serves. University President Michael M.
By BRITTANY DUCKSWORTH Cronkite News PHOENIX – In Ms. McConkie’s first-grade class at Dunbar Elementary School, Ashley Vaca has struggled pronouncing her words when reading. But twice a week, she now leaves the room with a volunteer for a private reading session.
Arizona State University alumnus and faculty member Jacquee Gaillard Petchel has established a new endowed scholarship at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication for aspiring journalists. Petchel, the executive editor of the Cronkite School’s Carnegie-Knight News21 national investigative reporting
The official groundbreaking for Arizona State University’s new $129 million law school building in downtown Phoenix, the Arizona Center for Law Society, is set for Nov. 13. The ceremony will take place at the northwest corner of Taylor and First
On Monday, the Arizona State Board of Education adopted Arizona’s Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform Teaching (AzMERIT) as the new statewide test. The assessment will be given to Arizona students in 3rd grade through high school this spring and
My mother’s watching my 8-year-old soon, and while they have bonded, there’s one problem: My mom only speaks Español, and my daughter doesn’t want to learn! How can I encourage my daughter? From the Editors of Las Fabulosas One of
The U.S. State Department’s prestigious Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists is sending a group of international media professionals to Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to witness media coverage of the American electoral process. Named in
Deadline: January 20, 2015 As part of its mission of providing the highest quality educational opportunities to high-need Latino youth, the LULAC National Educational Service Centers, Inc. (LNESC) is partnering with McDonald’s® to help promote the RMHC®/HACER® Scholarship to qualifying high
By MIRANDA RIVERS Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Arizona ranked sixth in a new national report on the quality of after-school programs, with the state’s score driven by the large number of poor kids enrolled and by relatively high parental satisfaction. The Afterschool
