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Ten Teachers Named Candidates for 2023 Arizona Teacher of the Year®

Phoenix, Arizona, July 21, 2022 — Today, the Arizona Educational Foundation (AEF®) named the 10 candidates under consideration for the 2023 Arizona Teacher of the Year® Award. Desert Financial Credit Union is returning again this year as a presenting sponsor of the 2023 Teacher of the Year Awards ceremony. Considered the “Oscar Awards” of teaching, …

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Understanding A.R.S. § 15-717.02 regarding “prohibited instruction” and its impact on teaching the History and Social Studies Standards

What is A.R.S § 15-717.02? At the end of the 2021 session of the Arizona Legislature, a bill was passed (Laws 2021, Chapter 404, Section 21) that prohibits instruction on certain topics from being offered in public district or charter schools in grades PK-12. The law states that a teacher, administrator or other employee shall …

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Pima County Board of Supervisors Approve Preschool Scholarships for Families in Need

PIMA COUNTY, May 4, 2021 – The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to approve a plan to allocate up to $10 million in County funds, as well as almost $3 million from cities, towns and other partners, to assist low-income families with paying for high-quality preschool for 1,245 children.

Reopening Schools Is Way Harder Than It Should Be

Of all the American institutions the pandemic has shut down, none face pressure to reopen quite like schools do. Pediatricians exhort schools to open their doors wherever possible or risk developmental harm to kids. Working parents, particularly mothers, are in crisis, worried about having to leave the work force altogether in the absence of a place …

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