Clara Lovell

Cochise County Schools hope to increase literacy through mobile app

All StoriesClara Lovell11/07/20180

Cochise County schools are planning to implement a district-wide English and Spanish literacy curriculum through smartphones, tablets and computers. They believe this will ease low literacy rates in the county. If implemented, the app will be accessible to children in the district, and is hoped to increase literacy in pre-k to 3rd grade students. It…

Arizona rural schools struggle with teacher recruitment

All StoriesClara Lovell10/19/20180

A continuous lack of qualified teachers has forced several Cochise County school districts to become creative when recruiting teachers, relying heavily on a “grow-your-own” strategy. “There is not much we can do as far as money is concerned, but what we can do are things from the heart,” Cochise County Superintendent Jacqui Clay said. “We let…