We need parents and stakeholders to step up and help get Arizona fixed. We need to start demanding that our kids get quality instructors, facilities, and equipment to make our next generation something to be proud of. I
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Improving STEM Education is Arizona with SB 1038
So, if you have not heard, the Arizona legislature this past session passed a bill called SB 1038. The Acts official title is the Arizona Teachers Professional Development Pilot Program. This bill was championed by Rep. Paul Boyer, and
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The AZ Teachers Professional Development Pilot Program
Attention all STEM teachers, do we have news for you!! With all the doom and gloom this past legislative session there is one piece of legislation that is going to make a difference in Arizona and that is our bill
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The Varsity Letterman
Is this the end of the 3 sport athlete? Recently I was at a track meet and got chance to sit down with the coaches from a rival school. Being at schools with similar demographics we share a lot in
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SB 1038 – Lets Save High School Physics and Chem
In Arizona, no one can argue that the shortage of teachers is at crisis proportions. There are less and less reasons each year to return to the classroom for teachers statewide. In the sciences, we are even harder pressed
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APATHY IN ARIZONA
APATHY IN ARIZONA Recently I walked into a gas station and inquired about the job posting. The manager position I inquired about offered a higher salary per year than our new first year teachers with specialized training in education. When
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All I Want is a Comma for Christmas
This past week I went to lunch with a large group of teachers on my staff. We spent the usual time discussing our common students: the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the issues we were each dealing with
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The War Against Cognitive Dissonance
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does the tree make a sound? According to George Berkley 1750, who I studied in philosophy 101 at NAU, neither the tree nor the forest
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An Argument For Physics First in AZ
Why in the world do we teach science the way we do? Lets radically change the way we teach STEM in our schools in this state! Like most other states, we teach in a sequence that goes something like this: Freshman-
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Many years ago I sat down with my Grandma and talked about what teaching was like for her back in the 50s and 60s. My grandmother, amazingly enough, was the Pomona California teacher of the year back in 1953. I
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