Phoenix resident Maria de Jesus Cervantes and her husband decided they wanted to find a high quality early learning setting for their daughter Natalia when she was 18-months-old. Cervantes wanted to be sure that she found a center that was not only safe, but also a learning environment where Natalia could explore different activities, learn …
It shouldn’t matter whether a child walks three blocks, rides a bus for an hour or carpools with neighborhood kids to get to school. They should all have access to the best educational opportunities. Here in Arizona, about half of our public school students are enrolled in urban schools, with the remaining youth split between …
Dysart Unified will be celebrating Love Our Schools Day with School Connect, local churches, and volunteers …
Slideshow: Images from the play “Más” Photos courtesy Milta Ortiz/Playwright of “Más” …
Expect More Arizona, a statewide nonprofit education advocacy organization, and the Center for the Future of Arizona, a nonprofit organization focused on shaping the state’s future, announced new long-term education goals for Arizona. The goals were released as a part of the Arizona Education Progress Meter, a source for individuals to learn about how Arizona’s …
If all goes according to a set of goals supported by dozens of Arizona education and business groups, the state’s elementary teachers will earn the national median of $56,000 in five years and most third-graders will read at grade level by 2030. Those are among the benchmarks that make up the Arizona Education Progress Meter, …
How do you know if your child is missing too much school? It only takes two lost days per month to be considered chronically absent. That’s about 10 percent of the school year in Arizona, and while two days per month doesn’t seem like much, it can have a big impact on learning. In fact, …
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