By Danika Worthington | Cronkite News | (Washington, DC) – Arizona student test scores stayed level from 2013 to 2015 while scores nationally declined slightly, but the state’s marginal gains were not enough to lift it out of the bottom
By: Joseph Guzman Cronkite Special to AZLatinos.com Superintendent of Public Instruction, Diane Douglas gave her State of Public Education address before the Senate Committee on Thursday, saying she is hopeful yet cautiously skeptical. “For education, It is too early to
By Sophia Kunthara | Cronkite News The call came two weeks before Joana Sotelo’s birthday in February 2013: her brother had been deported to Mexico. “When something emotional comes to your life, it just makes you want to work harder for
By James Anderson | Cronkite News Nestled between a taco shop, a gas station and a church lies the Gilbert campus of Leading Edge Academy. A former Albertsons grocery store on the strip mall is what the small public school calls
(Phoenix, AZ) — The University of Arizona (UA), in partnership with Cox Communications, presents Connect2STEM 2016 – a family-friendly event celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Math – and Medicine. STEM enthusiasts have the opportunity to interact with 100+ tables of hands-on science activities.
By April Morganroth | Cronkite News A series of “unfortunate circumstances” early in Breanna Carpenter’s sophomore year of high school placed her in the Arizona foster care system. That didn’t stop her from realizing her dream of attending college, thanks
By: Mitch Quesada Cronkite News (Tempe, AZ) – Expansion of student populations across Arizona’s three major universities is underway as the Arizona Board of Regents approved a new metrics goal for the year 2025. The goal is to add more than
(Phoenix, Ariz.) – The Arizona Community Foundation is providing $250,000, through its Ellis Center for Educational Excellence, to support the Thriving Together initiative in Phoenix over the next three years. The first of its kind in Arizona, the Thriving Together initiative
(Tempe, Ariz.) ― On Tuesday, November 10, 2015, the National Education Association’s “Degrees Not Debt” campaign & the Arizona State University Young Democrats will host a “State of the Student Debt Crisis” public event at ASU’s Tempe campus to educate the public
By Julia Thatcher | Cronkite News Only 17 percent of Latinos in Arizona have an associate degree or higher, according to research conducted by the Morrison Institute. Hispanic leaders met Tuesday to discuss how the state’s education funding plan will impact
