The slash and burn of Proposition 107

Come Novem­ber 2, the fate of the state’s equal-opportunity pro­grams will be in the hands of Ari­zona voters

The evolution of Florence Crittenton

As the needs of women have changed over the decades, so has this non­profit orga­ni­za­tion. Today, two-thirds of the girls sup­ported by the orga­ni­za­tion are Hispanic

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Helping parents ‘do better’

Most par­ents do the very best they can. New Direc­tions Insti­tute is devoted to help­ing them do better

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Where the jobs are

There’s one indus­try that has con­sis­tently been adding jobs even through the deep­est con­trac­tions of the recession

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It’s never too late

If you haven’t heard it or read it before, you’re read­ing it now: It’s never too late to learn

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School’s almost out for summer. Now what?

While stu­dents of all ages are count­ing the days till sum­mer break, their par­ents are dread­ing it

Making the grade

Drive around town and pay atten­tion to pub­lic school’s letreros and you’ll notice some will tout their level of per­for­mance: “We’re excelling!” or “Our school is highly per­form­ing!” Other mar­quees may stay to safer announce­ments like “Wednes­day is early release” or “Band con­cert tonight!” Maybe the school doesn’t want you to know they’re per­for­mance level […]

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It takes a pueblo

Dur­ing recess one day, lit­tle Alice noticed that Juanito had put his show-and-tell toy on the bench next to the jun­gle gym while he took his turn on the swings. She made her way over to the bench, sat down, and while Juanito was high in the air, grabbed his toy and ran. Alice walked […]

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Latino students advance at ASU despite recession

Higher edu­ca­tion has been a stodgy stal­wart for the last 1200 years, but a good cri­sis usu­ally works won­ders – we have not seen this kind of tur­moil since the orig­i­nal Movimiento Chi­cano. The Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia sys­tem pres­i­dent stated in Novem­ber that tuition for Cal­i­for­nia res­i­dents will go up by “32 per­cent over the […]

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