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Number of national board certified teachers tops 55,000

[Source: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards] — The teacher quality movement has made a dramatic gain following today’s announcement by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) that the number of National Board Certified Teachers has climbed past 55,000. Nearly 7,800 of the nation’s top teachers achieved National Board Certification in 2006, a […]

Governor’s State of the State address highlights education

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano spoke a great deal about education, including the instruction of math and science, in her State of the State address on Monday. Click here to read the Governor’s full remarks.

To start off your work week, some bio humor!

High tech workshop to be held in Tucson on Feb. 6

On February 6, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Metropolitan Education Commission in Tucson will present the 9th Annual “Key To Employment High Tech Workshop, Expo, and Resource Fair.” Educators and over 500 high school students from Pima and Santa Cruz Counties will be engaged in this dynamic event designed to inspire students […]

East Valley to get health science high school

[Source: Josh Kelley, Arizona Republic] — Any students interested in becoming a pharmacy tech, nurse or even a doctor? Beginning in August, Mesa school officials plan to enroll the first class of freshman students in Health Science High School. Over the next four years, the plan is to turn what is currently known as the […]

Selected quotes from Inauguration Day

“What we will prove as we move forward and build this ‘One Arizona’ is that we can continue to work on education, can continue to invest in teachers, especially those who teach subjects like math and science, continue to create high-wage jobs, and continue to be a leader in 21st Century technologies.” Gov. Janet Napolitano […]

For next 2 weeks, free access to Quality Counts 2007 report

Education Week has published the 11th annual edition of Quality Counts. To ensure you get all of the information you want out of Quality Counts 2007, Education Week is holding an OPEN HOUSE for the next 2 weeks. So for two weeks, January 4-18, you can access this report, including specific state reports and data.

Watch “Arizona Teacher of the Year 2007” broadcast Jan. 17

On Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m., watch Eight/KAET-TV as it profiles each of Arizona’s 2007 teachers of the year. Each year, the Arizona Educational Foundation recognizes five exceptionally skilled and dedicated pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public school teachers. The 2007 Teacher of the Year is Kristin Bourguet, 9th grade Integrated Science teacher at Marana […]

“We don’t have enough math teachers”

From this Tucson Citizen article, “Slacking off could get harder for seniors,” comes this quotable quote: …As with many administrators across the county, Sunnyside Superintendent Ra

Glendale sixth-graders’ space station is tops

[Source: Meghan E. Moravcik, Arizona Republic] — A team of sixth-graders from Joy Christian School in Glendale beat out about 140 other teams Friday statewide to take the top prize in the Honeywell Fiesta Bowl Aerospace Challenge. The annual competition requires teams of fifth- through eighth-grade students to design and build model international space stations […]