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Voters reject sales tax for education, transportation, human services

Voters reject sales tax for education, transportation, human services

By Danielle Verbrigghe Tuesday Cronkite News Voters have rejected Proposition 204, a ballot measure to enact a permanent 1 cent-per-dollar sales tax to fund education, transportation projects and human services. Cronkite News bases its projection on unofficial returns showing Proposition

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Pro-204 leader slams anonymous donations against effort

Pro-204 leader slams anonymous donations against effort

By Danielle Verbrigghe   Cronkite News PHOENIX – An obscure nonprofit that gave another $175,000 this week to the campaign against Proposition 204 is using anonymous contributors to manipulate voters, the head of a group supporting the measure said. “If

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Quick track to higher education

Quick track to higher education

By Danielle Verbrigghe  Cronkite News WICKENBURG  – Rather than following the traditional four–year path to a high school  diploma, Wickenburg High School sophomore Carrigan Moebs hopes to prove  she is ready to move on by the end of of her

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With Our Children’s Future in Mind

With Our Children’s Future in Mind

By: Luis Avila, Education Advocate For decades the topic of education has been one that politicians have used as a way to convince voters that they are the best person to represent us in this democracy. The topic is mentioned

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Is your child where they need to be?

Is your child where they need to be?

“A” grades were awarded to school districts and charter holders* that earned at least 140 of a possible 200 points using the Arizona Department of Education’s new A-F School Accountability Letter Grade System. *In addition to receiving an “A” letter

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Nobel prize winner got poor grades in science

Nobel prize winner got poor grades in science

John Gurdon’s future success was almost nipped in the bud in 1949 when a schoolmaster at elite Eton College wrote on his report card that pursuing science would be a waste of time.

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Mixed grades for new, healthy school lunch rules

Mixed grades for new, healthy school lunch rules

September 18.  One student complains because his cafeteria no longer serves chicken nuggets. Another gripes that her school lunch just isn’t filling. A third student says he’s happy to eat an extra apple with his lunch, even as he’s noshing

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Chicago teachers strike for the first time in 25 years

Thousands of teachers walked off the job Monday in Chicago after union leaders announced that months-long negotiations had failed

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