Mayor Greg Stanton has appointed Phoenix College faculty member Trino Sandoval to serve as his senior policy advisor on education.

January 3, 2005

As a 20-year veteran public school teacher, all in Title I schools, I can’t claim to be an expert, just someone who has been in the trenches for a long time. I am deeply concerned with John Huppenthal’s plan to model educational reform after Florida’s reform. How is labeling schools A-F vastly different than labeling them Excelling, Performing, Failing, etc.? Same poor system, just different labels.

Budget override meeting

Kari Hammersmith, a senior at Mesa’s Red Mountain High School, has learned a difficult lesson about the rules of life, especially when those rules have become so rigid they interfere with the goals and values they are supposed to support.

Advocates of a stabilized U.S. population recently received an endorsement from three unlikely sources.

If anti-discrimination measures meant to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered city employees go into effect in Scottsdale, officials don’t expect it will necessitate any sweeping changes in city facilities.

Arizona’s next governor said she’s prepared to do what she believes the incumbent has not done: say “no.”

Mesa officials are wrapping up a two-year effort to create a zero-tolerance policy for violence in the workplace.

A Scottsdale activist who has requested a television show on the city’s cable channel is awaiting a new policy that will determine who is allowed air time on the government-funded network.

The deportation of three teenagers caught drag racing in Gilbert has spurred the mayor and a Town Council member to push for a policy to turn over all illegal immigrants caught violating the law to federal authorities.

A Scottsdale school district administrator is appealing a decision to eliminate her position.

Recent news about potential Mesa School District budget cuts is completely barbarous. Mesa School District, one of Arizona’s largest school districts, is planning on receiving as much as a $65 million budget cut next school year. This simply cannot be allowed.

A group of parents, school advocates and business leaders has been assembled by the Scottsdale Chamber Foundation to provide synergy and direction on education issues, chamber officials say.

A coalition of education and political leaders wants to improve higher education in Arizona, arguing the state’s poor performance has contributed to the United States’ declining economic power.

November 7, 2004

Superintendents, charter school operators and others in the East Valley say they have a solution to prevent the "train wreck" that some see coming in 2006 when Arizona implements its highstakes graduation test.

Arizona’s schools are taking steps to address the health of its students, though parents may not be aware of what those steps are.

A new policy development by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and Native American tribes could pave the way for Native American languages to be taught in classrooms.

A new policy development by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and Native American tribes could pave the way for Native American languages to be taught in classrooms.

Arizona’s new policies that eliminate seniority as a way to downsize teacher ranks and cancel the state deadline to issue contracts are unconstitutional, the state’s largest teachers union said Monday. The Arizona Education Association plans to file a lawsuit to fight the changes.

School districts have two legally safe choices for distributing fliers for nonschoolsponsored activities to students and parents, a state education attorney advised Wednesday: Pass out all or none.

The Phoenix Metro Chapter of National Association of Women Business (NAWBO) will host a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 13 at 2901 N. Seventh St. featuring a lively discussion between the Democratic and Republican candidates for statewide office.

The Phoenix Metro Chapter of National Association of Women Business (NAWBO) will host a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 13 at 2901 N. Seventh St. featuring a lively discussion between the Democratic and Republican candidates for statewide office.