COOLIDGE - If history is any indication, Heartland Elementary School first grade teacher Bernie Sammons better get ready to pucker up and kiss...(read more) Story: Coolidge First Grade Teacher Encouraging Students to Read by Claiming He'll Kiss Pig   TUCSON - Korean students visiting Townsend Middle School in January wanted to improve their English speaking skills. Their Townsend student ambassadors had no trouble...(read more) Story: Townsend Middle School Students Serve Host Korean Students and Assist with their English LITCHFIELD PARK - Wigwam Creek Middle School students have created a different kind of graffiti for the walls of their campus...(read more) Story:Graffiti artist teaches students to create mural PHOENIX - ...President Barack Obama called for America's children to spend more time in the classroom, but a small inner-city district in Phoenix (Balsz Elementary District) was way ahead of him...(read more) Story: Valley district adds 4 weeks to school year, a first in Arizona     Ask your friends and colleagues to log onto www.azschoolsmakeadifference.org and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. They will be one of the first to hear about good things happening in public education around the state. We are looking for impressive stories about how Arizona's teachers, students and schools are making a difference every day. Log onto www.azschoolsmakeadifference.org and submit your stories.