AMADO - Nearly all 17 schools earning Arizona Educational Foundation's A+ rating for
2009 claim their campus serves as a focal point for their community... (read more)
Story: Students From Three Southern Arizona Communities Form Student Body
at Sopori Elementary School, An AEF A+ School
MESA/PHOENIX -
There's always a lot of news coverage about so-called "teen issues" -- in the paper, on-line, on TV and on the radio. From teen pregnancies and
homelessness to video-game violence and, of course, teen shopping habits, it's an endless topic of debate and discussion...among adults. That's about to
change... (read more)
Story: KJZZ Putting Teens Behind the Mic
PHOENIX - The fluorescent-lighted room of Children First Academy is stuffed with racks of
shirts, shoes and pants, all available free to students... (read
more)
Beat the Odds Program Available Statewide in 2009-2010
STATEWIDE - Arizona K-12 schools interested in joining the Beat the Odds School Partners Program for this academic year
may do so through September.
The program provides principals with training, assistance and support in applying research-based principles that have been found to
provide better-than-expected academic performance.
The 2009-2010 school year is the first time the popular and rapidly expanding program has been
available statewide. More than 85 school principals from the metro Phoenix and Tucson areas, as well as Whiteriver, are expected to
participate.
