School districts across Arizona are scrambling to fill vacant teaching positions as disinterest in the field soars because aspiring and existing teachers are fleeing to other states where pay is higher. During the 2014-2015 school year, 387 open teaching positions were listed in a survey carried out by the Arizona School Administrators Association. In September…
Los estudiantes del cuarto grado escolar en Arizona leen a uno de los niveles más bajos en todo el país; solamente otros nueve estados están en una peor situación. Para el octavo grado, la lectura de estos estudiantes mejora un poco pero aún permanece por debajo del promedio nacional. Los expertos culpan a la falta…
Fourth graders in Arizona read at one of the lowest levels in the country; only nine other states are worse. In the eighth grade, their reading improves slightly but still falls below the nation’s average. Experts believe a lack of funding, untrained teachers and unmotivated students are to blame. Specifically, four out of 10 fourth…
Two Southern Arizonan nonprofit organizations, Native Seeds/SEARCH and Tohono O’odham Community Action, are working to promote wild food sources and desert tolerant crops in the region. Before Arizona became known for its cotton and citrus, before farmers moved west to tame the land, before Spanish explorers first set their eyes on the Grand Canyon, the Tohono O’odham…
With acres of growing corn and veggies, bright colorful signs, tractors, and child size gardening equipment, it is not a surprise that this place stands as a staple for school field trips, summer camps, and toddler play dates. “I was out here on my own with a shovel on MLK day in 2010, starting to get things moving….
