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John Huppenthal

Oct 13, 2011

Arizona schools’ academic performance now rated with grades of A through F

A new school accountability system based on letter grades and taking into account students’ academic improvement in addition to test scores offers a clearer view of how schools perform, Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal said Wednesday.

Sep 27, 2011

School groups sue over empowerment accounts

Groups representing teachers and public school districts filed suit on Monday against a new state voucher-style system for disabled students, alleging that the program violates constitutional bans on state aid for private and religious schools.

Aug 29, 2011

Education department settles with feds over English-immersion teachers

Arizona will no longer remove teachers from English-immersion classrooms if they use bad grammar or have heavy accents.

Aug 26, 2011

Huppenthal to avoid witness stand in TUSD hearing

Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal will not testify in the hearing to appeal his finding that Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American Studies program is breaking state law.

Aug 19, 2011

TUSD board member calls Mexican-American studies a ‘cult’

Mark Stegeman, a Democratic member of the Tucson Unified School District governing board, used to be in favor of the Mexican-American Studies program, but he had an “epiphany” during a visit to one of the classes.

Aug 16, 2011

Hearing to test ruling against Mexican-American Studies

Attorneys for Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal aren’t planning on calling him as a witness in an administrative hearing to defend his findings that Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies program is race-based and promotes resentment toward a class of people. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t going to be questioned.

Jul 27, 2011

Arizona schools fail to reach academic benchmarks

A record 814 Arizona schools, or 42 percent, failed to get students to make adequate yearly progress in the 2010-11 school year, compared with 563 schools, or 29 percent, the previous year.

Jun 23, 2011

Capitol Quotes: June 24, 2011

This week’s most outstanding utterances, gibes and quips.

Jun 22, 2011

TUSD: Huppenthal’s assessment weak

Tucson Unified School District fired back Wednesday at state schools chief John Huppenthal, saying in an appeal that his findings that the district’s Mexican American Studies program is unlawful are thin.

Jun 20, 2011

ACLU digging for answers in TUSD decision

The ACLU of Arizona filed a public records request with the Dept of Education yesterday, asking for records pertaining to the Mexican American Studies investigation, including all communications related to the program to or from the superintendent dating back to 2007, including those with lawmakers, political parties and state officials.

Jun 17, 2011

Huppenthal rejects findings of Tucson ethnics studies audit he commissioned

An audit of a controversial ethnic studies curriculum in the state’s largest school district showed the Mexican American Studies program complies with state law, but the state’s schools chief nonetheless declared the program illegal, a move that threatens to cost Tucson Unified School District 10 percent of its state funding.

Jun 15, 2011

Huppenthal: Tucson ethnic studies program violates state law

Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal has declared the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies Program is illegal, citing an audit of the program his office commissioned earlier this year.

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