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Poverty: An Unlevel Playing Field: Help Schools Help Children in Poverty

An Unlevel Playing Field: Help Schools Help Children in Poverty

8 Part Series, Teacher / / 3 minutes of reading

An Unlevel Playing Field: Help Schools Help Children in Poverty With a nearly 20% poverty rate among Arizona children, families often rely on their local public school in ways beyond providing a quality education. As a result, teachers must ensure basic needs such as nutrition and safety are met before focusing on academics. Preschoolers and early childhood […]

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Teachers in Crisis, Classrooms in Trouble Blog

Teachers in Crisis, Classrooms in Trouble

2021, Arizona Schools, Education Funding, Teacher / / 5 minutes of reading

Teachers in Crisis, Classrooms in Trouble Recently, Mike O’Neil from KTAR’s “Think Tank” sat down with educators Raquel Mamani and Beth Lewis to discuss the challenges teachers are facing as they work through the third school year impacted by the Covid pandemic.   The educators agreed that teaching in Arizona is more difficult than ever and

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The State of Arizona’s Rural Schools

2021, Arizona Schools / / 1 minute of reading

The State of Arizona’s Rural Schools Save Our Schools Arizona Network is committed to ensuring that all children in Arizona have the opportunity to attain an excellent education in their community. In order to realize this goal, our state leaders must make a concerted effort to revitalize rural education. Read our comprehensive new report on

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The AZ Legislative Majority Pressures Native Lawmakers

The AZ Legislative Majority Pressures Native Lawmakers

2021, Arizona Schools, Education Funding, Indigenous Perspectives / / 6 minutes of reading

The AZ Legislative Majority Pressures Native Lawmakers Native Americans have inhabited what is now Arizona for tens of thousands of years. Arizona has 22 federally recognized tribes and the second-largest total Native American population of any state.  Indigenous peoples live in every community and every corner of our state. Legislation passed by the Arizona Legislature

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Poverty: An Unlevel Playing Field, Preschoolers Pay for PovertyPoverty: An Unlevel Playing Field, Preschoolers Pay for Poverty

An Unlevel Playing Field: Preschoolers Pay for Poverty

Teacher / / 3 minutes of reading

An Unlevel Playing Field: Preschoolers Pay for Poverty With a nearly 20% poverty rate among Arizona children, families often rely on their local public school in ways beyond providing a quality education. As a result, teachers must ensure basic needs such as nutrition and safety are met before focusing on academics. This piece focuses on students in

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Poverty: An Unlevel Playing Field: The Reality of Poverty for Rural Students; Group of children sitting at a school lunch table eating.

An Unlevel Playing Field: The Reality of Poverty for Rural Students

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An Unlevel Playing Field: The Reality of Poverty for Rural Students With a nearly 20% poverty rate among Arizona children, families often rely on their local public school in ways beyond providing a quality education. As a result, teachers must ensure basic needs such as nutrition and safety are met before focusing on academics. This piece focuses

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