http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/education education news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2010 2010-09-09T14:16:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/083010_leopard_frog/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/083010_leopard_frog/#When: 12:25:23Z Jennifer Gaie Hellum Under the shade of soaring Ponderosa pines, a young frog wriggles free from a man’s hand and swims across a muddy pool. “There he goes – number 10,000,” says Mike Sredl, who coordinates the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s effort to restore the Chiricahua leopard frog. news, education, environment, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-08-31T12:25:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/083010_divided_families/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/083010_divided_families/#When: 01:30:32Z Jennifer Gaie Hellum Deportations happen to families in Arizona every day. But the issue becomes more complex when the deportees’ families are of mixed-status—some with citizenship, some with visas and some here illegally. news, politics, border, education, family, local, arizona, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, mexico_latin 2010-08-31T01:30:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082710_mexico_travelwarning/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082710_mexico_travelwarning/#When: 22:40:49Z Dylan Smith Children of U.S. government employees must leave Monterrey, Mexico, the State Department said Friday as it extended its warning of travel dangers in that country. news, politics, border, crime, education, local, arizona, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, mexico_latin 2010-08-27T22:40:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081210_testscores/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081210_testscores/#When: 22:34:36Z Justin Snider Tough talk on teacher accountability is all the rage this summer. Trouble is, we don’t know how to handle the perverse incentives that arise the moment we place undue weight on easily manipulated exams. But that hasn’t stopped a slew of education leaders from weighing in on the need to hold teachers’ feet to the fire. news, politics, education, family, opinion, analysis, nationworld, breaking 2010-08-12T22:34:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081010_whymathisimportant/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081010_whymathisimportant/#When: 06:15:58Z Roberto De Vido We learned so much from him over the years, but it turns out those of us who passed geometry can teach a few things to Bond, James Bond. opinion, comics, entertainment, film, breaking, education 2010-08-10T06:15:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080410_backtoschool_green/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080410_backtoschool_green/#When: 17:59:56Z Center for American Progress Some sustainable savvy can turn the back-to-school frenzy into an educational opportunity. news, business, education, family, environment, local, entertainment, shopping, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, center_for_american_progress 2010-08-04T17:59:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080410_college_fraud/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080410_college_fraud/#When: 17:38:08Z Marian Wang We’ve been following allegations of enrollment abuses and bogus marketing schemes at for-profit schools for some time now, and a report released by the GAO this week further highlights some of the questionable recruiting tactics of several for-profit colleges across the country. news, business, crime, education, nationworld, breaking, propublica 2010-08-04T17:38:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072410_borderrdup/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072410_borderrdup/#When: 02:37:54Z Curtis Prendergast • The federal government presented its case against SB 1070 • The Utah letters investigation led back to a state agency • The Senate killed $700 million in funding for border enforcement • More. nationworld, news, politics, border, business, crime, education, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-25T02:37:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_onion_english/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_onion_english/#When: 20:08:22Z Dylan Smith From the satirical website the Onion comes a photo commentary on Arizona’s move to ban teachers with accents from teaching English to students who aren’t yet fluent in the language. flags, news, politics, border, education, media, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-07-20T20:08:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_italybadgrammar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_italybadgrammar/#When: 18:09:54Z Silvia Marchetti Up until the 1960s, middle and high school students in Italy studied both Latin and Greek syntax and literature. Today they can hardly write (and many cases even speak) Italian properly. nationworld, news, education, family, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines, globalpost 2010-07-20T18:09:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_school_supes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_school_supes/#When: 18:19:38Z Melanie Kiser When Elizabeth Celania-Fagen signed on as the superintendent TUSD, she said she planned to raise her family in Tucson and serve five to 10 years. But in April, the highest-paid school chief in Arizona announced she was leaving. In her resignation letter, she cited inadequate school funding. flags, news, politics, business, education, family, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-07-12T18:19:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_monsoon_monitor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_monsoon_monitor/#When: 15:42:57Z Dylan Smith Watching the clouds build up around the Rincon and Catalina mountains, Tucsonans spend early July wondering where and when the summer rains will finally fall. Track the rain’s progress with the UA’s new website, Monsoon Monitor. flags, news, education, environment, sci_tech, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-12T15:42:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070910_laserlightshows/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070910_laserlightshows/#When: 17:29:25Z Dylan Smith Those who appreciate an altered consciousness rejoice. Laser light shows are returning to Flandrau planetarium after 10 years. flags, news, education, sci_tech, local, entertainment, celebs, todo, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-07-09T17:29:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/063010_dreamact/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/063010_dreamact/#When: 21:22:05Z Julian Aguilar Support for the DREAM Act has increased nationally, even as tensions over immigration continue. The act would allow undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as young children a chance at permanent-residency status. nationworld, news, politics, border, education, family, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-06-30T21:22:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/063010_solar_schools/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/063010_solar_schools/#When: 17:25:21Z Gabrielle Giffords Those of us who live in Arizona know that if there’s one resource we have in abundance, it is sunlight Given this plentiful resource, it only seems natural that we should harness its energy to power our homes, schools and businesses. flags, news, politics, business, education, environment, sci_tech, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking 2010-06-30T17:25:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062910_immigrationroundup/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062910_immigrationroundup/#When: 04:05:38Z Curtis Prendergast Immigration is often the story behind the story of international events. • The federal government and the state of Arizona seem headed for a showdown over border security and immigration reform. • Tension continues to rise over the shooting of a Mexican boy at the border in El Paso.  nationworld, news, politics, border, business, crime, education, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-30T04:05:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062810_bodies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062810_bodies/#When: 19:13:42Z Dylan Smith “Bodies… The Exhibition,” a display of plasticized human bodies and body parts, has extended its Tucson run through Sept. 12. flags, news, business, downtown, education, sci_tech, local, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-28T19:13:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062510_solar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062510_solar/#When: 16:23:20Z Doug Isbell Many of the world’s leading amateur astronomers, dark-skies advocates and solar science experts are gathered at a joint meeting in Tucson this weekend, and the public is invited to experience their talents and hardware. flags, news, education, sci_tech, breaking 2010-06-26T16:23:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062510_teacher_sex/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062510_teacher_sex/#When: 18:59:00Z Dylan Smith Tucson police arrested two teachers Friday. Jennifer Whiting, a teacher at Rincon High, was arrested for sending sexual photos of herself to a 16-year-old boy. Aaron Montoya, the athletic director at Allsport Academy, was arrested on three counts of sexual conduct with a 14-year-old. flags, news, crime, education, family, local, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-06-25T18:59:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062310_saudi_islam/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062310_saudi_islam/#When: 18:39:23Z Caryle Murphy The ruling House of Saud is struggling to reclaim key tenets of the Islamic faith from Al Qaeda. nationworld, news, politics, education, faith, war, breaking, globalpost 2010-06-23T18:39:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062210_telescope_mirror/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062210_telescope_mirror/#When: 16:00:33Z Doug Isbell Fulfilling decades of promise, the international Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham is now capable of delivering the sharpest images of the universe ever taken. flags, news, education, sci_tech, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-22T16:00:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061610_asteroid_return/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061610_asteroid_return/#When: 15:12:27Z Doug Isbell A Tucson scientist was part of the recovery team for a seven-year Japanese mission that could provide the first asteroid sample ever returned to Earth. nationworld, news, education, sci_tech, local, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-16T15:12:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060910_sunnyside_1070/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060910_sunnyside_1070/#When: 17:16:38Z Michael Truelsen The Sunnyside School District is the state’s first to join a lawsuit against Arizona’s new immigration law. nationworld, news, politics, border, crime, education, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, mexico_latin 2010-06-09T17:16:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060910_titan_life/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060910_titan_life/#When: 07:01:29Z Doug Isbell Could Saturn’s cold, cloud-covered moon Titan host an exotic form of primitive life based on methane, in sharp contrast to the water-based life of Earth? nationworld, news, education, sci_tech, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-09T07:01:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060810_bodies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060810_bodies/#When: 18:01:13Z Dylan Smith Beginning today, teachers will be offered free admission on Tuesdays to “Bodies…The Exhibition.” flags, news, business, downtown, education, sci_tech, local, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-06-08T18:01:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060510_prescott_fired/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060510_prescott_fired/#When: 17:22:18Z Dylan Smith A Prescott radio host embroiled in a controversy over an elementary school environmental mural is off the air, while the school reversed a decision to lighten the faces of students depicted in the mural. flags, news, politics, education, family, local, arizona, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-05T17:22:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060410_prescott_mural/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060410_prescott_mural/#When: 22:55:22Z Michael Truelsen Artists say Prescott officials have asked them to lighten the faces on children depicted in a school mural. flags, news, politics, education, family, local, arizona, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-04T22:55:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060310_la_schools_immg/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060310_la_schools_immg/#When: 21:33:00Z Michael Truelsen The Los Angeles Unified School District school board wants all its students to be taught that Arizona’s new immigration law is un-American. nationworld, news, politics, border, crime, education, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-03T21:33:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060110_prop100_salestax/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060110_prop100_salestax/#When: 15:14:17Z Dylan Smith Your pocketbook just got a little bit lighter. A 1-cent increase in Arizona’s sales tax goes into effect on Tuesday. The three-year bump was approved last month when Proposition 100 passed with 64 percent of the vote. flags, news, politics, business, education, local, arizona, breaking, lead_ok 2010-06-01T15:14:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052910_charter_school_col/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052910_charter_school_col/#When: 22:56:24Z Nelson Smith Charter schools have been around since 1992, but this is a breakthrough year. nationworld, news, politics, education, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-29T22:56:24+00:00