graduation rates

Career and technical schools thrive despite cutbacks

All StoriesSaul Bookman04/06/20170

The stigma that comes with schools formerly known as vocational and that they are known for being a last resort for kids couldn’t be further from the truth because of schools like Andrada Polytechnic High School in Vail, Arizona, and teachers like Lisa Blanchard. Andrada Polytechnic High School isn’t a standard public high school. The school…

Hispanic graduation rates signify looming troubles

All StoriesAmer Taleb12/15/20140

In the United States, Hispanic students are almost twice as likely to drop out of high school as their peers. Locally in Arizona, where a growing Hispanic citizenry is already a sizeable chunk of the population, the trend in academic underachievement within the demographic is especially troubling. In Tucson, one student who refuses to become…