High School Education

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Worse Proposal for Arizona Law: Loyalty Oath, or Pledge of Allegiance Requirement?

Arizona may have the highest rate of high school dropouts in the nation, but some of the legislation that's been proposed thus far in the realm of education does nothing but continue the nationally recognized circus act known as the Arizona State Legislature.Chiefly, we're talking about two especial ... More >>

Is a Mandatory Loyalty Oath for High Schoolers Among the Dumbest Things You've Heard This Week?

If you haven't heard the latest brilliant idea out of the state capitol, it's to make high schoolers pledge their loyalty to upholding and defending the Constitution in order to receive their diplomas.That's how the sponsors of House Bill 2467 -- Republican state Representatives Bob Thorpe, Sonny Bo ... More >>

Arizona's Number One in the United States! (For Highest Rate of High School Dropouts)

Out of all 50 states, there's no state where kids are dropping out of high school at a higher rate than Arizona.That's according to a report on graduation and dropout rates released today by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is part of the U.S. Department of Education.See also:-Ari ... More >>

Legislators Have More Education Proposals: Make the Pledge of Allegiance a Requirement

Maybe there's something to be said about the posts on this blog today -- legislators hoping to make high school students take a loyalty oath to graduation, Arizona leading the nation in high school dropouts, and now, an effort to make reciting the Pledge of Allegiance a "requirement."Under current A ... More >>

Legislators Propose Forcing High School Students to Swear to Defend Constitution in Order to Graduate

"Finally, our state legislators are making sure Arizona's teenagers will ask for the Lord's help defending the Constitution before they're allowed to earn a high school diploma." --NobodyIf a handful of Republican state legislators have their way, high school students in Arizona would not be allowed ... More >>

Phoenix Mexican Consulate Helps DREAMers Prepare for Deferred Action

The Mexican Consulate in Phoenix is assisting young undocumented immigrants applying for work permits through the Obama administration's deferred action program. The new policy allows certain immigrants temporary relief from deportation if they qualify. Mexican government officials can't tell U.S. ... More >>

Arizona High Schoolers Beat the National Average (in Cocaine, Meth, and Steroid Use)

According to the federal government, Arizona's high school kids are above average -- in drug and alcohol use.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual report yesterday on "risk behavior" in high school students, and there's not a single category related to drugs or alcohol t ... More >>

Wild Hair

Morning Poll -- Letting Kids Graduate From High School After Two Years: Yay or Nay?

www.borders.com​Several Arizona public high schools will participate in a program this year that allows students to graduate from high school after only two years.The program, the Move On When Ready initiative, was passed by the Arizona Legislature last year. It would allow students to essentially ... More >>

Russell Pearce and Other Illegal-Immigration Populists Rely on Misleading, Right-Wing Reports to Scapegoat Immigrants and to Terrify Penny-Pinched Americans

Ask a Mexican on Papers and Higher Education

Shizzlin' Hot

Hollywood red carpet meets the Shizz "A-listers"

Hatebreed

Hatebreed

On Mexican Students Who Choose to Fail and Mariachi Shenanigans

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 >>

17 Again Shows That Zac Efron Should Stick to Musicals

North Stars

Montreal indie rockers spill stateside

Must Love Hogs

Reclaim your mojo at two-wheel extravaganza

Moses Anshell as Refugee Central

Globe High School censors its student newspaper

Maxwell House of Horrors

Doom, gloom, and dark roast in Tempe

Get Schooled

Finding the real problem

Nerd Love

Geeky, freaky virgins trying to get knocked up — produced by guess who?

Swift Success

From farmer's daughter to hitmaker

It's Soooo High School

A compliment to Rian Johnson's teen detective noir

Pervgate

The congressional page scandal's proving the straw that breaks the elephant's back, and Congressman Jim Kolbe's got explaining to do

The Penguin Factor

Why them? Why now?

Assault 'N' Prepper

Cannon goes undercover, fails to ignite

Letters

Letters from the issue of Thursday, June 30, 2005

Uncle Sam Wants Them

Military recruiters are grabbing student info from local schools without parents' permission

Art For Whose Sake?

Dropouts swap frescoes for GEDs.

Mean Streak

The brothers behind Heathers and Mean Girls discuss the evolution of wicked-chick flicks

Big Deal

A good idea grows up into a missed opportunity

Chile Con Football

Diehard fans pack the bleachers at Peoria High

BEST REASON TO GET UP IN THE MORNING

The Loser Line

Bizarro School Daze

Mesa's Dobson High School invites hard-rock bands onto the school grounds, and creates something weird -- respect

It Takes a Tribe

A tiny Indian community struggles to educate its young

Best Japanese Restaurant

Haiku

Pot of Gold

Arizona's tribes use casino revenue to provide scholarships for every college-bound Indian. Where are the graduates?

Best Student Art

Art One Gallery
4120 North Marshall Way, Scottsdale
480-946-5076

Brown Sugar

A high school hoops phenom comes home a pro

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

Letters

Hayden High School Had a Farm, E-I-E-I-O

The Center for Agribusiness and Equine Science was supposed to help desegregate the Phoenix Union High School District. Now the same lawsuit that created it is shutting it down.

Athletes' Inaction

Well-heeled district eliminates competitive sports programs in middle schools

Come Laud PUHSD

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

EDUCATION INTERRUPTUS

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

LEGAL-AID PROGRAMS SCALPEDBAR FOUNDATION SLASHES FUNDS TO AGENCIES THAT ADVISE NATIVE AMERICANS