Educational Services Sector

Arizona State University's Party-School Reputation Apparently Dead at Age 25

After a 25-year run as one of the nation's top party schools, Arizona State University's party-school reputation is likely dead in the eyes of national party-analysts.Just a week after Newsweek gave ASU one of the school's lowest party rankings of all-time at 24th in the nation, the just-released Pr ... More >>

ASU Climbs Back to the Bottom, Ranks 17th in Princeton Reviews' Top 20 Party Schools

graphicshunt.com​It appears that Arizona State University students are just drunk enough to somewhat impress the folks at the Princeton Review.ASU ranked number 17 this year in the publication's list of top party schools in the nation, which is an improvement from last year's ranking of... oh wait ... More >>

Scottsdale Culinary Institute Changes Its Name

​Get ready to say a mouthful as the Scottsdale Culinary Institute changes its name to Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. Maybe we should be excited--Julia Child, who was featured in the now-on-DVD movie Julie & Julia, attended the Le Cordon Bleu school in Paris. There are cur ... More >>

The Party's Over: ASU Drops to 20th on National "Party School Survey"

  Did you ever think you'd live to see the day when ASU students weren't partying enough? Well, it's arrived.​Un-tap the keg, and turn out the lights; Arizona State University's reign as one of the nations top party schools is coming to an end, according to a recent survey. This year ... More >>

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 o ... More >>

An "F" for Effort

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

Breathless

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

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

Crash Course

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

On a Wing and a Prayer

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

Education Reclamation

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

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

Arrest the Polyg Prophet Now!

What are authorities waiting for? Pedophile Warren Jeffs has looted school coffers and is on the run

Profits of Polygamy

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

Schoolhouse Shock

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

Letters

From the week of December 27, 2001

Learning Disorder

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

Master of Her Domain

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

Habla Di, Habla Da, Strife Goes On

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

Flashes

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.

Charter Charter Bang Bang

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

Bilingual Blues

This is not the way your grandfather learned English

A Different School of Thought

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

Colonel Sandra?

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

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.

Sandra D-Minus

Former employees hand county schools chief flunking grade in public ethics

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

Enslaved by the Bell

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

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

A Charter School Progress Report

In praise of creative finances

Educator Reprimanded

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

Come Laud PUHSD

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

Counter Punch

High school student who defended himself fights his suspension

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.

Strong-arm of the Law

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

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.

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.

UNCHARTERED WATERSFEDERAL DESEGREGATION RULES BLOCK ENROLLMENTS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS

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

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

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.

EDUCATION INTERRUPTUS

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

HEAD OF THE CLASSES

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

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.

SHE'S NOT THEIR CUP OF TEA

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

ARIZONA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM IS READY FOR REFORM SCHOOL

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

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.

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.

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.