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Arizona Sonoran News

A group of children join together for story time at the Tent for Tots booth at the Tucson Festival of Books. (Photo by: Gloria Knott/Arizona Sonora News Service)

70 percent of 4th-graders don’t read proficiently — what’s the problem?

Gloria Knott April 5, 2018

Seventy. That’s the percentage of fourth graders in Arizona who don’t read proficiently. If that isn’t alarming enough, a whopping 56 percent of third-graders failed the reading portion of...

Two Douglas district school teachers win at teacher of the year awards

Two Douglas district school teachers win at teacher of the year awards

Saul Bookman April 13, 2017

It isn't often that a career change destines you for greatness, but such was the case for Gemma German as she redirected life from nursing to Cochise County teacher of the year during a...

Common Core: a primer on understanding the program

Common Core: a primer on understanding the program

Joseph D'andre April 29, 2015

The state of education in the United States is an intensely debated topic as the U.S. education rank has slipped to 14th in the world according to Pearson’s Global Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational...

Foto por Arria Belli, usada bajo Creative Commons 2.0.

Las dificultades de la educación rural: insuficientes profesores, currículos erróneos

Zac Baker November 26, 2014

Los oficiales estatales y los expertos de educación culpan a la falta de profesores capacitados y currículos aplicables con los datos inferiores de rendimiento de las escuelas rurales por todo Arizona. Según...

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