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Arizona schools chief sets up critical race theory hotline
The Arizona Department of Education has launched a hotline for people to report classroom lessons that use critical race theory or emotional support curriculum, concepts that have been the target of conservative outrage in recent years.
Ducey to use federal funds for second year of ‘summer camp’
Citing newly released test scores, Gov. Doug Ducey is setting aside $100 million in federal funds to conduct a second year of "summer camp'' to help youngsters catch up on what they missed in school due to Covid.
Let’s stop distancing ourselves from root causes of systemic failure
This pandemic has the potential to further scar our most vulnerable and limit our students to even more narrow life paths. But the disparities the virus has more clearly revealed also create the opportunity for change.
Students struggling to read can’t be dismissed – they’re a crisis we must address
If we really want to improve education in Arizona, if we really want to improve Arizona’s economy, helping struggling readers is where we need to start. It’s an issue that impacts every Arizonan. Ultimately, we are all in this together. Struggling readers are not “those kids.” They are Arizona’s kids, and they are our future.
Let’s start by devoting $20 million to early literacy
The number of third graders who don’t pass the reading exam in Arizona would fill every seat of Chase Field, with 5,000 kids still waiting in line outside!
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.
New standards dictate Arizona third graders show reading proficiency or get held back
At the start of the 2013-2014 school year, parents were notified that if their children did not meet a new statewide literacy standard they would be at risk of repeating the third grade.
School freeze – Educators push for delay in test repercussions
Arizona public schools would get a one-year freeze on consequences from a new high-stakes learning test under legislation the state Department of Education plans to offer during the next session.
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 scrambled to prepare for the new standards and get the Internet capacity and computers necessary for the 2015 debut of the accompanying test.
Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic – retention? Third-graders face new reading standards
Arizona children entering third grade this year are the first who will have to prove that they can read at an acceptable level or face being held back.
