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Education among funding priorities of new Science Foundation Arizona

Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) has announced its investment strategy to award grants in research and education aimed at enhancing Arizona

Arizona BioBasics simplifies the biosciences

To help educate Arizonans about their state

Arrowhead Elementary students gravitating to NASA program

[Source: Betty Reid, Arizona Republic] — The girls say their friends think they’re from another planet because of their interest in science. Now they are among 18 gifted students conducting experiments about space at Arrowhead Elementary School in north Phoenix, a campus designated as a NASA Explorer School. Arrowhead uses NASA programs along with the […]

Arizona Academic Scholars program to be expanded

[Source: Carl Holcombe, Arizona Republic] — The Arizona Business Education Coalition hopes to expand its Arizona Academic Scholars program into Pinal County school districts. The program encourages students to take a more-rigorous academic class load to help better prepare for college and skilled jobs. ABEC hopes to combine the federal program with Central Arizona College’s […]

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To start off your work week, some bio humor!

Marana High science teacher honored as state’s best

[Source: Jeff Commings, Arizona Daily Star] — Kristin Bourguet stood on the stage, wearing a beauty-pageant smile as she endured the agonizing wait until the name of the state’s top teacher was revealed. “It just kept going on and on and on,” Bourguet said Thursday of the lengthy presentation at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s annual […]

Arizona Academic Scholars program encourages taking tough classes

[Source: Carl Holcombe, Arizona Republic] — The Arizona Business Education Coalition hopes to bring a national program to Pinal County that will encourage youths to take rigorous high school classes to prepare them for college and the workplace. Public school and college officials learned about the Arizona Academic Scholars program during a luncheon Thursday at […]

Voters back Prop. 400 to improve technology training for Pima students

Voters across 11 school districts in Pima County approved Proposition 400, creating a Joint Technological Education District (JTED) that will provide enhanced technical courses for high school students. JTEDs offer a way for public school districts to collaborate and bolster their technical and vocational education offerings, including bioscience training. They also increase funding opportunities for […]

Innovative math excites pupils

[Source: Frank Morris, West Valley View] — Math: Hardly a favorite topic among most schoolchildren, but principals at five West Valley schools are hoping to change that with a new math program that was implemented just a month ago: the Math Achievement Club by Rodel, called MAC-Ro. “We call it a club, because a club […]