TUCSON - When the Arizona Educational Foundation's (AEF) A+ School certification judges discussed Tucson's Quail Run Elementary School, they bordered on... (read more) Story: Students, Parents & Judges Can't Say Enough Good Things about Tucson's Quail Run Elementary School MESA - Most people associate high school students working in food service with bored teens flipping burgers, pouring sodas and cleaning counters at... (read more) Story: East Valley Institute of Technology Culinary Arts Students Opening Fine Dining Restaurant Beginning on Oct. 1 PHOENIX - Many of Arizona's 50,000 teachers have been returning to classes this month better prepared for the coming school year. Over the summer, they often hear the same wistful comment: It must be great being a teacher and having summers off. But that's becoming less the case... (read more) Story: Many teachers using summer to learn TUCSON - The Tucson Unified School District is among seven districts across the country taking part in an experiment that will help shed light on whether excelling schools make excelling teachers — or if it's the other way around... (read more) Story: TUSD 1 of 7 in US study of teachers who excel   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.