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Without a doubt, the words that strike the most fear in the hearts of the opponents of Amendment 2 in Kentucky is “school choice.” As a parent of five children in Arizona who has utilized an ...
(The Center Square) – Roosevelt School District in South Phoenix is considering closing five schools amid a deficit that a school official blames on universal school choice and low enrollment.
Arizona Proposition 203, also known as English for the Children, is a ballot initiative that was passed by 63% of Arizona voters on November 7, 2000. It limited the type of instruction available to English language learner (ELL) students. Before Proposition 203, schools were free in terms of ELL instruction to use bilingual or immersion methods.
Precious Knowledge is a 2011 educational and political documentary that centers on the banning of the Mexican-American Studies (MAS) Program in the Tucson Unified School District of Arizona. The documentary was directed by Ari Luis Palos and produced by Eren Isabel McGinnis, the founders of Dos Vatos Productions .
This proposition protects a $667 annual fund for Arizona schools. [10] Since 2009, Arizona has cut the school budgets and even to this day they continue. [11] Although newer budgets are being proposed and passed the majority of those cuts have yet to be restored today despite a sharp incline in the economy.
In addition, the out-of-school factors influencing academic performance differ significantly between children living in poverty and children from middle-income households. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The achievement gap, as reported in trend data collected by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), has become a focal point of education reform ...
If 19th century legal precedent is important, so is historical context. As today’s lawyers and politicians battle over the future of abortion rights, they should understand how and why the ...
A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons. Students, and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...