Jen Hernandez has been working with Expect More Arizona for four years. She has played an integral role in making education a top priority and building education advocates in both urban and rural communities throughout Northern Arizona. “This quote from Nelson Mandela best summarizes why I believe education and advocacy is so very important: Education …
Every year we hear talk about school district consolidation, but it’s a complicated topic, so we want to try to answer some common questions. As with most everything, there are both pros and cons. Q. What’s the difference between school district consolidation and school district unification? A. Consolidation is a general …
Do you know how to eat an elephant? No, it’s not the beginning of a joke… it’s a metaphor. In education, inclusion of special education students is the elephant in the room. No one wants to talk about it, let alone tackle eating it. But at Coyote Springs Elementary School, we’ve discovered that the answer …
While Arizona teachers have seen increased pay recently, so have teachers across the county. Arizona remains 49th in the nation for median elementary teacher pay and, while the gap has slightly narrowed, Arizona is still nearly $13,000 behind the national median. Updated salary data for calendar year 2018 was analyzed and adjusted for cost of …
Updated: May 28, 2019 A budget agreement was reached over the holiday weekend and the Legislature has sent a budget to the Governor for his signature. All bills were passed along party lines – Republicans in favor and Democrats opposing, with only one Senate Republican voting against a handful of the budget bills. The fiscal …
