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Recent Articles from James Anderson, Cronkite News
Arizona charter schools turn 20 boasting of higher test scores, greater options
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 home.
State funding cuts endanger Joint Technical Education Districts, advocates warn
JTED educators across the state warn that these programs could go away in the next few years because of diminished state funding. One administrator calls the most recent budget cut by the State Legislature “non-survivable.”
In need of classroom supplies, teachers turn to online crowd-funding
The dictionaries in the language arts classrooms at Sunnyslope Elementary School carry the wear-and-tear of some 10 years, but replacements are coming soon, thanks to a new ally: GoFundMe.
Advocate: Poor AzMERIT reading results reflect higher bar
Poor reading results from third-graders’ first round with the state’s new AzMERIT test aren’t bad news to one education advocate.
