Yearly Archives: 2010

It’s no secret that Arizona schools are feeling the pressure from the state budget cuts they have already received and the potential cuts looming ahead. Although our state passed the one-cent sales tax back in May, our schools are still … Read more »

This blog post details some of the awards and recognition Arizona teachers have earned this year. We salute them, and we know, for each one of these teachers, there are countless others across our state who work tirelessly and passionately … Read more »

After wrapping up a year of rallying Arizona voters to make education their “hot button issue” during the 2010 election cycle, Expect More Arizona plans to continue its focus on championing a culture of high expectations in education achievement.  ABC-15’s … Read more »

Did your school have a robotics team? Some of Arizona’s most innovative students, ages 9 to 14, will compete this month in the Arizona FIRST® LEGO® League Championship Tournament, where they will build, design, and program robots to complete various … Read more »

Creating a Spark: Science Foundation Arizona Graduate Students Take the Challenge to “Educate, Translate and Communicate” Last October hundreds of Flagstaff fifth-graders gazed into the dark night sky at distant stars with their self-built “Galileoscopes.” Seven months later, in May, … Read more »

A new study released by Education Next finds that American students across the board trail their global peers in math skills. The researchers say they focused the study on math because it “appears to be the subject in which accomplishment … Read more »

High school students in Arizona now have a roadmap to postsecondary success including college and career or technical education, thanks to a new “College and Career Planning Guide” developed by Expect More Arizona in partnership with Northern Arizona University (NAU) … Read more »

Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) and its public and private partners launched an initiative to develop a statewide STEM Agenda in an effort to provide greater focus to business, philanthropic and educational resources being invested in the advancement of science, technology, … Read more »

Another election has come and gone, and now the signs will come down, commercial advertising will return to peddling fast food and useless gadgets, and our newly elected and returning officials will begin setting agendas for the coming term. Hopefully, … Read more »

We all know it is important to understand your candidates’ positions on education in detail. While every elected official must earn our votes by championing education in Arizona, the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is one we spotlight regularly … Read more »