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James Bourland recently switched from teaching journalism to teaching photography and coding. (Photo by Nicholas Trujillo).

A teacher with a ‘Grande’ heart

December 17, 2019

By Nicholas Trujillo/Arizona Sonora News Listen to the audio version of this story above. In an empty classroom at Tucson’s largest public high school a teacher can’t quite reach the top...

Students sit in a classroom at the University of Arizona (Photo by: Taylor Brestel/Arizona Sonora News

Many Arizona students underprepared for college

Taylor Brestel March 3, 2017

Are Arizona students prepared for college? Recent data says no. The 2016 “Condition of College & Career Readiness” from the ACT testing organization shows Arizona behind the national average...

Natalie Guerrero Hernández  (center) with her parents in their home in Nogales, Sonora.

Going to school in the ‘other’ Nogales: Educating U.S. citizens living in Mexico

Kendal Blust March 10, 2016

  Natalie Guerrero Hernández wants to be a nurse when she grows up. Possibly. “Medicine. Or also architecture or graphic design. Those are the things I like the most,” she said. Natalie...

Preparation for new Arizona civics exam begins

Michael Edmond February 18, 2016

  Lexi Noble, a 10th-grader in the Flagstaff Unified School District, had little time to prepare for a prototype of Arizona's new civics exam. Her AP World History teacher emailed "us the...

A display board welcoming people to the UA's Adalberto & Ana Guerrero Student Center. Annually, the Center serves about 1,200 students, most of whom are Hispanic. Photo by Amer Taleb

Hispanic graduation rates signify looming troubles

Amer Taleb December 15, 2014

  In the United States, Hispanic students are almost twice as likely to drop out of high school as their peers. Locally in Arizona, where a growing Hispanic citizenry is already a sizeable chunk...

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