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Common Core Readiness: Cave Creek Unified School District

Debbi Burdick, superintendent, Cave Creek Unified School District District: Cave Creek Unified School District Grades: PreK-12 Schools: 7 Students: 5,600 Areas Served: Cave Creek, Carefree, Northeast...

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Common Core Readiness: Arizona College Prep Academy

Charlene Mendoza, principal, Arizona College Prep Academy School: Arizona College Prep Academy (charter) Grades: 9-12 Schools: 1 Students: 120-140 Area Served: Tucson As a small charter...

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The Drama of Common Core

New set of school standards searches for success Topock, an Arizona town on the far western edge of the state, doesn’t even have a stoplight. But its school district has...

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Schools prepare to implement Common Core without new funding

Funding Common Core was one of the few budget priorities Gov. Jan Brewer didn’t achieve last session, leaving school districts to carry out the new standards while still using old...

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State looks to O’Connor House for help teaching Arizona kids civics

[caption id="attachment_58694" align="alignleft" width="972" caption="Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal discuss the iCivics program developed by the O’Connor House. (Cronkite News...

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Senators defeat attempt to nullify Common Core education standards

Arizona senators defeated a sweeping amendment Monday aimed at preventing the state from participating in the Common Core and placing responsibility for approving educational standards in the hands of lawmakers....

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