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HuffPost
February 27, 2018
Two months ago, for example, federal Judge A. Wallace Tashima struck down a 2010 Arizona law that had effectively banned the teaching of Mexican-American studies in a Tucson school district. That historic legal decision was the result of an arduous and long-term campaign of walkouts, protests andÃÂ ...
Green Valley News
February 26, 2018
For some children from two Tucson schools, Tuesday was the first time they'd been inside a performing arts theater. Close to 200 students in grades 2 to 6 from Blenman Elementary School and Presidio Middle School in Tucson packed the Community Performance and Art Center in Green Valley to see aÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 13, 2018
Tucson Schools Consider New Changes To High School Boundaries. The proposal, presented to the board Tuesday night, would redraw the boundaries for Catalina, Palo Verde, Rincon, and Tucson High Schools. By Colin Miner, Patch Staff | Feb 13, 2018 8:23 pm ETÃÂ ...
Arizona Public Media
January 24, 2018
Tucson Schools Celebrate National School Choice Week. Public school open enrollment, charter schools and magnets are part of the picture of school choice in Arizona. by Nick O'Gara TWEET SHARE. School Choice event hero Students dance to wrap up a Jan. 23 event in Tucson celebrating NationalÃÂ ...
AZCentral.com
January 14, 2018
TUCSON — Hundreds of former employees of Arizona's second largest school district by enrollment were blacklisted from ever working for the district again, despite never having serious disciplinary issues on their employment records. And it's unclear why many of the ex-workers for the Tucson UnifiedÃÂ ...
People's World
January 3, 2018
In 2011, Carlos Galindo protested at the Arizona Department of Education in Phoenix, calling for the restoration of Mexican American studies classes. In late December, a federal judge issued a permanent injunction barring Arizona from enforcing a 2010 law that banned such classes. | Matt York / AP.
The 74
January 2, 2018
It's not clear whether Tucson schools will restart the controversial program, which the local school board cut in 2012 after the state threatened to withhold a portion of the district's funding, The Washington Post reported. After previously upholding parts of the ban, Federal Judge A. Wallace Tashima ruled theÃÂ ...
CNN
December 29, 2017
Richard Martinez, the attorney who represents a group of Mexican-American students who attended Tucson schools, said the students sued shortly after the law was passed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. "This was their curriculum that was intended to be responsive to them...culturally, linguistically,ÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 28, 2017
The Tucson school district ceased the classes in 2012 to avoid the threat of losing 10 percent of their state funding. District officials did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Thursday. By 2015, the district was expanding a "culturally relevant" curriculum developed after a separate racialÃÂ ...
KVOA Tucson News
December 6, 2017
TUCSON – State inspectors found numerous Southern Arizona schools with elevated levels of lead in the drinking water. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality tested 16,125 samples. About 96 percent passed the test, having less than 15 parts lead per billion. That standard is stricter than theÃÂ ...
The Daily Courier
October 31, 2017
TUCSON — The Tucson Unified School District must make a mid-year $4.5 million budget cut after more than 880 students projected to attend the district's schools this year decided to go elsewhere. The $4.5 million figure is a conservative estimate and that officials expect it to grow to more than $6 million ifÃÂ ...
AZFamily
October 30, 2017
The Tucson Unified School District must make a mid-year $4.5 million budget cut after more than 880 students projected to attend the district's schools this year decided to go elsewhere. The $4.5 million figure is a conservative estimate and that officials expect it to grow to more than $6 million if currentÃÂ ...
Tucson News Now
September 25, 2017
Tucson United School District is working to keep music alive in their district by making sure every student who wants to play an instrument has an opportunity. But getting an instrument in every student's hands is not cheap. However, the district is able to save thousands of dollars by having two instrumentÃÂ ...
Arizona Public Media
September 15, 2017
Episode 155: Getting Healthy Food into Tucson Schools. Also, a landmark designation for Barrio Viejo, a device offering hope to those with macular degeneration, and a changing downtown. by Vanessa Barchfield TWEET SHAREÃÂ ...
Arizona Daily Star
August 22, 2017
After conducting a nationwide search for the next permanent leader of Tucson's largest school district, the TUSD Governing Board on Tuesday selected the guy who's already doing the job, interim superintendent Gabriel Trujillo. Trujillo, who temporarily took over the superintendent's post in March after theÃÂ ...
Signature Reads
June 28, 2017
Indeed, books are still being banned in this country in the year 2017. This, Shakespeare's never-ending influence, and more – all here in our Daily Blunt. The furor over a Mexican American Studies course expunged by schools in Tucson, Arizona, has finally landed in court, and the books to which they haveÃÂ ...
High Country News
June 27, 2017
On June 26, hearings began in the U.S. District Court for Arizona over Tuscon Unified School District's banned Mexican American Studies (MAS) program. For almost seven years, Tucson's largest school district has been a battleground pitting state officials against teachers, students and parents overÃÂ ...
Tucson Local Media
September 20, 2017
In Tucson Unified School District, the county's largest district with over 47,600 students, only 29 percent passed the ELA test and 28 percentÃÂ ...
KVOA Tucson News
September 20, 2017
Disadvantaged students of all ages, throughout Tucson Unified School District, will receive a new pair of shoes and three pairs of new socks.
Arizona Daily Star
September 19, 2017
Arizona's ban of the Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District was only one of many discriminatory educationÃÂ ...
Arizona Daily Star
September 12, 2017
The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board officially approved Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo's contract Tuesday, after having voted toÃÂ ...
Arizona Daily Star
August 27, 2017
The Mexican American Studies program at Tucson Unified School District scored a knockout victory this week when a federal district courtÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
August 23, 2017
The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board has decided to make interim Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo the district's permanent leaderÃÂ ...
Arizona Capitol Times
August 22, 2017
The Tucson Unified School District dismantled its program in 2012 to avoid ... The board of the Tucson school district officially dismantled theÃÂ ...
KGUN
August 22, 2017
Dr. Gabriel Trujillo selected to be @tucsonunified's new superintendent. Next step is to finalize his contract before taking role @kgun9ÃÂ ...
Arizona Daily Star
December 31, 1999
Three former principals who sued the Tucson Unified School District, accusing it of wrongfully withholding pay when they retired, have reachedÃÂ ...
Arizona Public Media
December 31, 1999
Also, a landmark designation for Barrio Viejo, a device offering hope to those with macular degeneration, and a changing downtown.
Arizona Daily Star
March 5, 2017
The Academy of Tucson charter schools are hosting open house events at three of their campuses. The open house events are from 4 to 6 p.m.
Arizona Daily Star
January 22, 2017
Students from the Tucson area schools will compete in a science bowl. Tucson schools that are sending teams to the regional competition, which is a qualifying tournament for U.S.
Payson Roundup
October 1, 2016
#Compare that to urbanized Maricopa County, where 40 percent passed the English test and 40 percent passed the math test. #In Pima County dominated by the Tucson School District, 40 percent passed the English test and 40 percent passed the math test.
Huffington Post
September 29, 2016
The conservative-dominated Arizona Legislature passed a law in 2010 outlawing a Mexican-American studies curriculum in Tucson schools that some Republicans accused of instilling ethnic separatism by focusing on race. The teachers of the bannedÃÂ ...
KVOA Tucson News
September 29, 2016
The Fountains at La Cholla works closely with various Tucson schools, providing hundreds of sweaters to children every year.
Arizona Daily Star
September 27, 2016
The Education Equality Index recently distinguished 10 Tucson schools (district, charter and magnet) as having small or non-existent achievement gaps while serving primarily low-income student populations.
Arizona Daily Star
September 9, 2016
Reading, writing and Arabic is on the agenda at a handful of Tucson schools this year. The Tucson Unified School District is rolling out Arabic programs at three campuses: Wright Elementary, Doolen Middle and Catalina High - made possible, in part, by ...
KVOA Tucson News
September 6, 2016
She has 17 years experience teaching in Tucson schools. Banner Health currently has two hospital school programs operating in Phoenix, at Cardon Children's Medical Center and Banner Thunderbird Medical Center.
Inside Tucson Business
September 1, 2016
And, most recently the Education Equality Index designated a dozen Tucson schools as having small or non-existent achievement gaps while serving primarily low-income student populations.
Tucson News Now
August 11, 2016
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -. Sunnyside High School is just one of three Tucson schools where for the first time, students will not only learn the basics of coding, but work alongside industry professionals.
Yuma Sun
August 5, 2016
In football, Kofa and Cibola are in a section with three Tucson schools. Instead of everybody in the section having to play everybody, the Yuma champ (winner of Kofa vs.
KTAR.com
August 4, 2016
PHOENIX - An Arizona school district has turned down a group's bid to start a satanist club on campuses and asked the group to stop listing one of its school as a potential site.
The Tribune
August 2, 2016
That was one of the opening questions in the second Town Hall meeting held July 21 at Humble High School and designed to give the community an opportunity to talk with new Humble ISD Superintendent Dr.
The Denver Channel
August 2, 2016
DENVER, Colo. -- The Satanic Temple is pushing to get "After School Satan" club into elementary schools, which is causing growing concern among parents.
KVOA Tucson News
July 26, 2016
Fusion hit Tucson schools three years ago, serving as the district's way of highlighting diversity not just in the classroom but in the cafeteria as well.
WKMG Orlando
July 22, 2016
That's because the Tucson school district had a tiny vocational program, with about 30 students using simulation software and outdated equipment.
CNNMoney
July 18, 2016
That's because the Tucson school district had a tiny vocational program, with about 30 students using simulation software and outdated equipment.
Arizona Public Media
June 27, 2016
An advisory panel to the U.S. Department of Education has recommended that it sever ties with the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, one of the nation's largest and oldest college accreditors.
The Nonprofit Quarterly (blog)
June 24, 2016
In 2002, the Tucson school district began collecting data showing that students who participate in these courses perform better on AIMS, the state's standardized test, than students who do not.
Jacksonville Daily Progress
June 23, 2016
Cabrera, who researched Mexican-American studies in Tucson schools, said the courses reduce drop-out rates, improve grades and raise standardized test scores.
San Angelo Standard Times
June 18, 2016
University of Arizona researchers conducted the study after the Arizona government - arguing that the curriculum was too political - eliminated the Tucson school district's Mexican-American studies program in 2010. Carmona said that the recent ...
Arizona Daily Star
May 29, 2016
Four Tucson schools have been awarded nearly $20,000 in grants to implement technology in classrooms. Tucson-area winners of the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation grants are: Marana High School, $5,000 for a project submitted by teacher AlexÃÂ ...
KVOA Tucson News
May 24, 2016
When police need help cracking a case, they ask you to call 88-Crime. Now, that program is expanding in our schools. 88-Crime been around for decades.
