Subject: Education Programs Administration

• SEPARATE BUT MAS QUE IGUAL

  NEARLY HALF OF ARIZONA'S HISPANIC CHILDREN DROP OUT OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. SOME PARENTS THINK THE SOLUTION IS HISPANIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

  September 8, 1994

• HEAD OF THE CLASSES

  SCHOOL-BOARD ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT. VICIOUS, GOOFY AND CONFUSING, TOO.

  October 13, 1994

• FIFE'S EMPTY PROMISE

  SYMINGTON PLEDGED TO IDENTIFY AND FIX "URGENT" PROBLEMS IN THE STATE'S POOREST SCHOOLS. BUT HE NEVER EXPECTED A $103 MILLION TAB.

  January 26, 1995

• YOU, TOO, CAN OPEN A SCHOOL!IN ARIZONA, IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS

  March 30, 1995

• UNCHARTERED WATERSFEDERAL DESEGREGATION RULES BLOCK ENROLLMENTS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS

  August 10, 1995

• The High Cost of Education Reform

  The Symington administration touts market-based reform as a cure for Arizona's educational ills. Behind that rhetoric, state policies are driving public schools toward financial collapse.

  December 28, 1995

• Strong-arm of the Law

  Law enforcement lobby imperils bill that would create a list of government records sealed from the public's view

  February 15, 1996

• Counter Punch

  High school student who defended himself fights his suspension

  March 28, 1996

• Come Laud PUHSD

  Stop the presses: Here's some rare good news about public schools

  May 9, 1996

• Educator Reprimanded

  State Board of Education censures former principal who failed to report molestation complaints

  June 27, 1996

• Teacher Dearest

  The free market alone was supposed to control charter schools, but the state is stepping in to clean up Gail Battistella's mess at Dragonfleye Charter School

  December 19, 1996

• A Charter School Progress Report

  In praise of creative finances

  December 19, 1996

• Enslaved by the Bell

  Does the newest member of the state Board of Education really believe that Satan lurks in Arizona classrooms?

  January 30, 1997

• Board Games

  Maricopa County schools chief Sandra Dowling plays to win--of course, as a governing board of one, she doesn't have much competition

  August 28, 1997

• So Sue Me

  The court has spoken; lawmakers stand in defiance. But if the state Legislature doesn't come up with a constitutional school finance plan by July, school's out forever.

  December 18, 1997

• Sandra D-Minus

  Former employees hand county schools chief flunking grade in public ethics

  December 18, 1997

• Colonel Sandra?

  Maricopa County schools chief's foes hope to wing Sandy Dowling's latest power play

  March 5, 1998

• Timely Tim

  Despite an unremarkable demeanor, public-interest lawyer Tim Hogan has a nose for trouble and a knack with judges

  April 9, 1998

• Bilingual Blues

  This is not the way your grandfather learned English

  March 18, 1999

• Charter Charter Bang Bang

  It takes a report card to keep the Valley's alternative education scene straight

  August 19, 1999

• Murphy's Law

  Year after year, Murphy school district officials watched their students die in a hail of violence. They decided to take matters into their own hands.

  October 7, 1999

• Flashes

  November 25, 1999

• Letters

  From the week of December 27, 2001

  December 27, 2001

• An "F" for Effort

  Sandra Dowling left a huge mess. Now she's trying to stop the cleanup

  June 14, 2007

• Breathless

  Despite a lot of hoopla at the beginning of Napolitano's administration, environmental protections for kids have not improved much

  November 2, 2006

• Flunk'd

  The Thomas J. Pappas School gives homeless kids everything they need — except a good education

  June 29, 2006

• Fast Times at Westwind junior high

  Any way you add it up, kids at one Valley middle school were dealing meth out of their backpacks

  December 15, 2005

• Crash Course

  Fundamentalist Mormons lose control of Colorado City's school district, as a criminal investigation continues

  December 8, 2005

• On a Wing and a Prayer

  Finding the Colorado City school district's airplane could lead to polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs' arrest

  June 30, 2005

• Education Reclamation

  A new state law wrests control of Colorado City schools away from polygamist zealots

  May 19, 2005

• Derail Polygamy's Money Train

  A bill before the Legislature would allow the state to begin reforming a society that steals public money and abuses underage girls

  Commentary

  April 7, 2005

• Arrest the Polyg Prophet Now!

  November 25, 2004

• Profits of Polygamy

  Arizona launches a probe into alleged improper spending by the Colorado City school district

  July 10, 2003

• Polygamy in Arizona: The Wages of Sin

  Arizona polygamist leaders are using public funds to support religious schools and line their own pockets. The state's done nothing to stop them.

  April 10, 2003

• Schoolhouse Shock

  How much longer will schools be able to keep up with fast-growing communities?

  February 13, 2003

• Learning Disorder

  The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections fails the state's worst kids

  December 13, 2001

• Master of Her Domain

  County schools chief Dowling is still a one-woman school board

  March 23, 2000

• Habla Di, Habla Da, Strife Goes On

  Federal ruling in bilingual-education lawsuit goes unheeded by state officials

  March 23, 2000

• A Different School of Thought

  The state's unabashed enthusiasm for charter schools stops at the borders of Indian reservations

  July 23, 1998

• Townsel-ectomy

  Controversy--often racially charged--has been a constant companion of school administrator Charles Townsel. Now his job is on the line again and people in South Phoenix are choosing up sides.

  March 7, 1996

• DOES NOT WORK TO CAPACITY

  PHOENIX UNION'S DESEGREGATION PROGRAM PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. BUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FLUNKED OUT WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATING KIDS.

  September 28, 1995

• RING AROUND THE DAY CAREPUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE LOSERS IN A MOVE TO DEREGULATE PRIVATE CHILD-CARE CENTERS

  July 6, 1995

• EDUCATION INTERRUPTUS

  A SCOTTSDALE PARENTS' GROUP WITH TIES TO PAY ROBERTSON IS MAKING SURE THE SEX-ED CURRICULUM DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY

  January 5, 1995

• SHE'S NOT THEIR CUP OF TEA

  ONLY IN THE MADISON SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD A PERSONAL SQUABBLE END UP IN COURT

  January 26, 1994

• ARIZONA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM IS READY FOR REFORM SCHOOL

  FOR ONCE, BIG BUSINESS AND EDUCATORS ARE IN CONCERT. BUT WILL LAWMAKERS FACE THE MUSIC

  May 12, 1993

• SEX EDUCATION

  SLIPSHOD BACKROUND CHEDKS, SCHOOL BOARDS THAT CUT DEALS, AND COLLEAGUES WHO PROTECT THEIR OWN. WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHERS WHO MOLEST, THE BIG PICTURE ISN'T PRETTY.

  November 25, 1992

• SEX EDUCATION

  NO ONE IN FLAGSTAFF COULD BELIEVE THE CHARGES AGAINST THE TOWN'S FAVORITE MUSIC TEACHER. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN MESA.

  November 18, 1992

• SEX EDUCATION

  TWO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HIRED A CHILD MOLESTER WHO CALLED MOLESTER WHO CALLED HIMSELF "THE GOD OF A'S AND F'S." IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

  October 28, 1992

• On Mexican Pirates, Cheech Marin, and Stereotypical Double Standards

  May 21, 2009

• High School Students V.S. Immigrants: Who Makes the Grade?

  Arizona Department of Education Superintendent Tom Horne If they weren't born here, 96.5 percent of Arizona high school students would not qualify to be United States citizens, according to a study released last week by the Goldwater Institute. The "Freedom From Responsibility" survey shows that only 3.5 percent of Arizona high school students would pass a basic citizenship test - in contrast to more than 92 percent of immigrants, who pass the test on the first try. The survey took ten random

  July 7, 2009