PHOENIX-  An improvement in graduation rates within two of Arizona's largest school districts over a 10-year period is raising eyebrows in academic circles nationwide...(read more) Story: Tucson Unified School District, Mesa Public Schools' Graduation Rates Increase Greatly, National Study Says Among Country's Best PEORIA - The Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) junior high and high school Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) teams recently completed a clean sweep by capturing team state championships...(read more) Story:  PUSD Junior High, High School Teams Sweep 2009 MESA State Championships STATEWIDE - An increasing number of Arizona's 62,000 high-school graduates have chosen a route suited to the MP3 generation: online classes...(read more) Story: More Valley students signing up for virtual schools   SURPRISE - John Riley spends a couple of hours each week helping students at a Surprise school improve their reading and math skills...(read more) Story: Helping Dysart kids with reading, math is a joy for volunteer     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.