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  • From left to right: Frances Banales, president of TEA: Michael McDonald, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Tucson; Andrew Morrill, president of AEA; Italia Raymond, Hlowenstine graduate; Matt Johnson, Howenstine graduate; Dr. John Pedicone, superintendent of TUSD; Maritz Nunez, principal of Howenstine; State Sen. Paula Aboud. Photo: Brenda Alvarez

    Local Leaders Urge Community to Join High School Transformation Effort

    December 7, 2011 by Cindy Long

    Union, district, school and local government leaders gathered with NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign to kick off the KEYS survey at Howenstine High school in Tucson, AZ.

  • The Mitchell Twenty

    May 25, 2011 by PSC Editor

    By Kathy Wiebke, PhD, Executive Director of the Arizona K12 Center and National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) “In every school and in every classroom, every student deserves to be taught by an accomplished teacher. In ‘those schools’ they deserve to…

  • Thinkers or Test Takers?

    March 14, 2011 by PSC Editor

    By Shellie Sallas, National Board Certified Teacher. She teaches 5th grade at Mitchell Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona. Every year, on the first day of school I asked my students what the goal of reading is…with great enthusiasm they always respond,…

  • Patsy Hays, an alternative learning and 21st century learning coordinator for 7th and 8th grades, says "We need to work hard to get our parents involved and we need to work hard to get ourselves out there in the community."

    Connecting Culture to the Classroom for Achievement

    October 8, 2010 by Amy Buffenbarger

    Diversity in the San Carlos Unified School District in Arizona isn’t amongst the students, it’s between the students and their teachers. The district is located on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, one of the poorest American Indian communities in…

  • Transforming Phoenix’s Mitchell Elementary

    April 8, 2010 by PSC Editor

    By Kathy Wiebke and Daniela Robles Isaac School District is a district that parallels many districts in the nation. Labels that indicate low performance, multiple messages that led in numerous directions, and teachers that strive to do what is asked…

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