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Student-driven campaign shines light on textbook publishers’ tactics
If Samantha Winter is any indication of how publishers, bookstores and professors could work together to create a positive solution to the nationwide campaign to Make Textbooks Affordable, they might... […]
A publisher’s response
Arizona Capitol Times contacted one of the publishing companies mentioned in the “Required Reading: A Look at the Worst Publishing Tactics at Work” report distributed by the Make Textbooks Affordable... […]
UofA Optical Sciences Building gets nation’s top architectural award
A new building at the University of Arizona has received American architecture’s highest honor. The Meinel Optical Sciences Building was given the American Institute of Architects’ Honor Award. The institute... […]
Republican supports governor’s bond plan for highway construction
A Republican senator has beaten his Democratic counterparts in filing a bill to extend the maturity of highway bonds to 30 years from 20 years. The idea has, in fact,... […]
Rep. Jackie Thrasher — Freshmen Democrat credits sharp District 10 voters for win in tight race
As a music teacher in an elementary school in north Phoenix, freshman Rep. Jackie Thrasher may have the necessary skills to get by in the Legislature. After all, she says,... […]
Keg registration won’t curb underage drinkingIn an attempt to curtail
underage drinking, there is a push from some legislators to have some form of keg registration imposed on the retail licensees that re-sell keg beer off premises. One of the... […]
Arizona laws don’t protect many homeowners
Recently the Legislature increased the homestead exemption protection for Arizona homeowners to $150,000 from $100,000. This was a step in the direction of protecting up to $150,000 of a person’s... […]
Capitol Quotes, Jan. 18 2007
Capitol quotes “It’s like a musket with only one round.” — Rep. Tom Prezelski, D-29, on the floor Jan. 17, commenting on a proposal to use money from the state’s... […]
Higher crime rates = need for criminal professionals
Justice program at ASU West gets school status
Low profile group handles nearly every dollar spent by Arizona schools
A relatively low-profile organization, whose members handle virtually every dollar of the $5.7 billion in state and local funds spent annually by Arizona’s public school districts and charter schools, focuses... […]
Pay teachers $110,000? Community college after 10th grade?Report: U.S. schools need radical fixes
Some students would go to community college after 10th grade, local schools would be run by private contractors and teachers’ salaries would shoot up as high as $110,000 but their... […]
Declining enrollment forces districts to get creative
After decades of adding classrooms and teachers, school districts in some of the Phoenix area’s more established neighborhoods are wrestling with enrollment declines. The loss of students, which results in... […]
