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Elementary Education

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Thomas Warner, Paradise Valley Elementary School Teacher, Jailed on Kiddie-Porn Charges

    According to Thomas Warner, he's been an elementary school teacher in the Paradise Valley School District for 11 years.According to the Phoenix Police Department, he's also a kiddie-porn collector.Warner, 54, was arrested this morning after Phoenix cops from the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Child ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2011

    Teaching Spanish to White Kids Is All the Rage -- Even in Mexican-Bashing Arizona

    According to Thomas Warner, he's been an elementary school teacher in the Paradise Valley School District for 11 years.According to the Phoenix Police Department, he's also a kiddie-porn collector.Warner, 54, was arrested this morning after Phoenix cops from the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Child ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2010

    Innocence Lost: Childhood in Juarez Often Is Spent Hiding Behind Closed Doors, Coping with Dead Bodies, and Seeing Ghosts

    According to Thomas Warner, he's been an elementary school teacher in the Paradise Valley School District for 11 years.According to the Phoenix Police Department, he's also a kiddie-porn collector.Warner, 54, was arrested this morning after Phoenix cops from the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Child ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Budget Cuts Cause Coconino County to Suspend D.A.R.E. Program

    ​State and county budget cuts have forced the Coconino County Sheriff's Office to suspend the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program for students in the county's elementary schools.The D.A.R.E. program started nationally in 1983, and the CCSO has participated in the it for more than 20 years. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    Purple Reign

    Diana Taurasi and company look to return to championship form

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Swine Flu Arizona: Phoenix School Closes; State Not "Overly Worried"

    Image: www.wesdschools.orgMoon Mountain Elementary School Health officials closed a Phoenix elementary school today following a confirmed case of swine flu, but experts say they're not "overly worried" because United States illnesses have been mild.A child from Moon Mountain Elementary School in Nor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    ACLU Demands Peoria School District Allow Kid to Wear "Rainbows are Gay" Wristband

    The American Civil Liberties Board of Arizona is threatening action against the Peoria Unified School District after an eighth-grade student was prohibited from wearing a "Rainbows are Gay" wristband. The 14-year-old gay student was told to wear the wristband inside out or quit w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    AZ Bully Expo @ Mesa Convention Center

    The American Civil Liberties Board of Arizona is threatening action against the Peoria Unified School District after an eighth-grade student was prohibited from wearing a "Rainbows are Gay" wristband. The 14-year-old gay student was told to wear the wristband inside out or quit w ... More >>

  • News

    July 17, 2008

    Arizona pols play politics with the state’s disabled students

    The American Civil Liberties Board of Arizona is threatening action against the Peoria Unified School District after an eighth-grade student was prohibited from wearing a "Rainbows are Gay" wristband. The 14-year-old gay student was told to wear the wristband inside out or quit w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Press release of the week: Dad calls for school district to flunk his son

    The American Civil Liberties Board of Arizona is threatening action against the Peoria Unified School District after an eighth-grade student was prohibited from wearing a "Rainbows are Gay" wristband. The 14-year-old gay student was told to wear the wristband inside out or quit w ... More >>

  • News

    June 14, 2007

    An "F" for Effort

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

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Breathless

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

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    The State of Her State

    Few argue that Janet Napolitano has been a good governor. The question is, why isn't she great?

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Flunk'd

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

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    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

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 27, 2005

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

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2005

    Stray Cat Struts

    A clear case of heiress-ment

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    Gone But Not Forgotten

    Years after a hideous double murder, life goes on for surviving family members

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2004

    Party System

    A recent grad dishes dirt on ASU's party daze

  • Music

    May 6, 2004

    D12

    D12 World (Shady/Interscope)

  • Culture

    November 7, 2002

    Class Project

    Tempe program uniting students and artists is a brushstroke of genius

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    History Lessons

    Yavapai children used to call themselves "dumb Indians." Now they know better.

  • News

    August 1, 2002

    Tribe's efforts "definitely" working

    Yavapai children used to call themselves "dumb Indians." Now they know better.

  • News

    August 1, 2002

    It Takes a Tribe

    A tiny Indian community struggles to educate its young

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Passing Notes

    After a Cashion schoolteacher wrote a mash note to a 12-year-old student, the district responded by reassigning him. But activists say that's not enough.

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Learning Disorder

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

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Fuzzy Math

    Mishandled money adds up to a loss for students at Roosevelt schools

  • News

    September 20, 2001

    The Musica Man

    A valley junior college administrator is becoming an unlikely force in the national latin music movement

  • Dining

    February 1, 2001

    She's Not a Nun, But She Plays One in Scottsdale

    Lunch at First Watch

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    One Tough Mother

    By Laura Laughlin Sophia Lopez-Espindola's grassroots organization has survived bullets, business setbacks and political pitfalls

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Policy Wanks

    Arizona political leaders know the answers but can't seem to pass the violence-prevention test

  • News

    October 7, 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.

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Out of God's Hands

    Why aren't more churches reaching out to kids in gang-ravaged neighborhoods?

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Mentor's Lament

    Even tough, effective teachers like Angela Kirkendall struggle to shield inner-city kids from the lure of the streets

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Sun Burned

    Gifted teacher branded a troublemaker after complaining of grade school's bizarre discipline

  • News

    June 10, 1999

    Cody Lynn Macy's Parade

    A little girl with a big voice is poised to conquer country

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Bilingual Blues

    This is not the way your grandfather learned English

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    Pride and Prejudice

    Nobody can say why Loi Nguyen fell through the cracks. All they can say is they're sorry.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Letters

    Nobody can say why Loi Nguyen fell through the cracks. All they can say is they're sorry.

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    Little Drummer Boy

    Nobody can say why Loi Nguyen fell through the cracks. All they can say is they're sorry.

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    Enslaved by the Bell

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

  • News

    December 19, 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

  • Music

    June 27, 1996

    Weird Science

    Brainiac's experimental rock will boggle the mind

  • News

    June 20, 1996

    Once More With Feeling

    When parents repeatedly complained that a teacher was fondling their sons, school administrators and police officers looked the other way

  • News

    December 28, 1995

    Mrs. Phelps' Kids

    Five years after the kids last left her class, a veteran teacher catches up with former pupils from a tough grade school

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    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.

  • News

    January 5, 1995

    OBSTRUCTION IN THE MAINSTREAMHANDICAPPED KIDS CAN PROSPER IN REGULAR SCHOOL CLASSES--SOMETIMES AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER STUDENTS

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

  • News

    October 13, 1994

    HEAD OF THE CLASSES

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

  • News

    November 3, 1993

    LOCKING DOWN IN PARADISESCHOOLS ARE CONDUCTING DRILLS TO GUARD STUDENTS AGAINST RANDOM VIOLENCE

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

  • News

    May 12, 1993

    ARIZONA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM IS READY FOR REFORM SCHOOL

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

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