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Electronic Toys May Not Help Language Learning for Young Children

Electronic Toys May Not Help Language Learning for Young Children

By Zac Pacleb | Cronkite News Online When Anna V. Sosa looked over the results of her study, the outcome wasn’t a surprise. However, the Northern Arizona University professor did not expect to see such pronounced results. The study, which was

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Arizona Still Gets D+ on Schools Report Card, Despite Some Modest Gains

Arizona Still Gets D+ on Schools Report Card, Despite Some Modest Gains

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

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Arizona Charter Schools Turn 20 With Higher Test Scores

Arizona Charter Schools Turn 20 With Higher Test Scores

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

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Arizona Tuition Program Enables Foster Youth to Earn College Degree

Arizona Tuition Program Enables Foster Youth to Earn College Degree

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

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Arizona Leaders Look to close Latino education gap

Arizona Leaders Look to close Latino education gap

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

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Study: Is Social Media Making Your Kids Less Smart?

Study: Is Social Media Making Your Kids Less Smart?

By: Karen Cicero | Studio One Eight in ten teens have a profile on at least one of the many social media websites out there and most of them are on it daily, according to a recent report. This is hardly

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Arizona High Schools Forced to Seek Creative Funding Solutions for Athletics

By Tyler Freader | Cronkite News  Perry High School’s badminton team is good. So good that the team finished as the runner-up in Arizona’s Division I state badminton finals last season. But Perry’s success on the court doesn’t make the team or

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Plan and Pay for College with Help From the Valley’s “College Depot”

(Phoenix, Ariz.)  —  College Depot, located on the second floor of Burton Barr Central Library at 1221 N. Central Ave., will host six free workshops this fall 2015 semester to help students plan and pay for college. Café con Becas

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The Arizona Education Association (AEA) Welcomes New Lobbyist

(Phoenix, Ariz.) – The Arizona Education Association (AEA) is pleased to introduce Stacey Morley as AEA’s Government Relations Organizational Consultant. She will advocate for public school students and employees and lobby state lawmakers. “Stacey’s experience and knowledge of government and

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Arizona, Other States, get Temporary Waiver for ‘No Child Left Behind’

By: Jamie Cochran Cronkite News (Washington, DC) – Arizona was one of seven states granted a temporary waiver Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Federal officials said the decision to grant

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