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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:tuition in any district which shall employ a special teacher for such subject.Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.Approved March 3, 1905.CHAPTER ELEVEN. PUPILS. Sec. 97. All children between the ages of six and twenty-one years who are residents of this Territory, must be admitted into the schools of this Territory.98. All pupils must comply with the regulations, pursue the required course of study, and submit to the authority of the teachers of the school.99. Continued open defiance of the authority of the teacher and habitual profanity and vulgarity constitute good causes for expulsion from school.100. Any pupil who cuts, defaces or otherwise injures any school house or outbuildings thereof is liable to suspension or expulsion, and upon the complaint of the teacher or Trustees, the parents or guardians of such pupils shall be liable for all damages.101. Every parent, guardian or other person in the Territory of Arizona, having control of any child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be required to send such child or children to a public school, or private school taught by a competent instructor, for a period of at least twelve weeks in each year, six weeks of which time, shall be consecutive; provided, that such parent, guardian or other person having control of such child or children shall be excused from such duty by the School Board of the district whenever it shall be shown to its satisfaction that one of the following reasons exists therefor, to-wit:1. That such child is taught at home by a competent instructor in such branches as are usually taught in the public schools.2. That such child has already acquired the branches of learning taught in the public schools.... ... Read more

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This book presents the first published accounts and evaluations of the first free market in education in the U.S., Arizona charter schools.The charter school is fast becoming one of the most significant attempts at public education reform in this country. Over 1100 charter schools operate in twenty-seven states, with several hundred more to be added in the next two years. School Choice in the Real World looks at the charter school movement through a highly focused lens: it examines charter schools in Arizona, which currently account for nearly one-quarter of all charter schools. Using this state as a case study, the editors examine the experiences of actual charter school operators, social scientific analysis, policy discussions, and criticism and forecasting for the future.School choice is the most talked about reform of American public education, yet writings about choice remain highly speculative because no state has adopted a free market approach to education--until now. The charter school is fast becoming one of the most significant attempts at public education reform in this country. Over 1100 charter schools operate in twenty-seven states, with several hundred more to be added in the next two years. School Choice in the Real World looks at the charter school movement through a highly focused lens: it examines charter schools in Arizona, which currently account for nearly one-quarter of all charter schools.Since 1994, Arizona has implemented a charter school law with the lowest barriers to entry in the nation. As a result, Arizona has more than 200 charter school campuses. Some districts have even lost more than 10% of their students to charter schools. Using the state of Arizona as a case study, the editors examine the experiences of actual charter school operators, social scientific analysis, policy discussions, and criticism and forecasting for the future. The editors bring together academics, policy-makers, and practicioners, and they explain and evaluate how school choice works in the real world. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: [Phoenix, Ariz. : The Manufacturing Stationers, Inc.]Publication date: 1922Subjects: Education -- Arizona FinancePublic schools -- ArizonaNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Publisher: PhoenixPublication date: 1901Subjects: Educational law and legislation -- ArizonaNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Publisher: [Phoenix, A.C. Taylor Printing Co.Subjects: Educational law and legislation -- ArizonaNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Introduces the geography, history, industries, people, and other highlights of Arizona. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on February 14, 2005. The length of the article is 591 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: UO finishes sweep of Arizona schools.(Sports)
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Title: Road gets hard again for Ducks.(Sports)(Women: Oregon coming off of win against hapless WSU to play Arizona schools.)
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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on January 20, 2005. The length of the article is 891 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Kent demands big things from Crosswhite.(Sports)(The 7-footer is on alert that his coach is expecting him to improve immediately as the Arizona schools come to town)
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Chapters: Bradshaw Mountain High School, Arizona Rhinos, Humboldt Unified School District. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bradshaw Mountain High School -Bradshaw Mountain High School is fully accredited by the North Central Association Commission. It is a comprehensive high school serving 1,563 students in grades 9-12. Approximately 81% of the 265 students who graduated in 2007 planned to enroll in a college or university after graduation. All graduating students met or exceeded the state high school exit exam (AIMS) through proficiency or augmentation. Nine students exceeded the AIMS standards, thereby becoming eligible for full tuition throughout their four years at any of the state public universities. Approximately 21% of BMHS students have a Primary Home Language Other Than English, indicated as primarily Spanish. The high school is named after the Bradshaw Mountains, a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of Central Arizona, USA located approximately 52 minutes from the campus. Bradshaw Mountain High School first opened in Dewey, AZ in 1975. Currently, it is the only high school in the Humboldt Unified School District in Prescott Valley. In 2005, a new campus, Bradshaw Mountain High School East, was opened due to perceived growth. Currently, the area functions as a preschool and a school bus parking area. BMHS currently has 86 full-time credentialed teachers and 3 part-time credentialed teachers. In addition to the teaching staff, there are 5 administrators, 4 guidance counselors, and 1 school psychologist. Of the faculty, approximately 50% hold Masters degrees, and 50% hold Bachelors degrees. There is a wide range of experience among the certificated staff with 34% having 10 or more years of experience. BMHS is committed to helping s...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6759345 ... Read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren. ... Read more

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A teacher's story

Our elementary school gives a copy of this book to each teacher leaving at the end of a school year, whether transferring or retiring.It is a wonderful book that becomes a treasured memory of their years with us. I was pleased to see how quick and easy it was to order through Amazon.comAND they had plenty of books on hand!

Great Aunt Arizona
this is the most wonderful book, everyone who loves to travel and has dreams of travel.
It is a childrens book with beautiful illustration and a tribute to all teachers. If you
love a teacher it would make a wonderful gift.

My Great Aunt Arizona

Several years ago, I first read this book to my second grade class, for the purpose of focusing on illustrations.I never anticipated this book would have meant so much to my students and to myself as a long-time educator.I have given this book many times as gifts for:young teachers entering the profession, fellow teachers who have re-located, and lately to colleagues who are retiring.It's a perfect gift!

A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS EVERYWHERE
My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston, and illustrated by Susan Condie Lamb is a true tribute to teachers everywhere. I have seldom been touched by a book for young men and women as much as this one. The story is simple, but it is one of the most sincere works that I have seen for some time now.

The author's Great Aunt, Arizona Houston Hughes was born on Henson Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She attended a one room school house and from the very start, dreamed of visiting far away places and seeing wonderful sights. The story follows the little girl, Arizona, as she grows from a young girl to a woman, a wife, mother and teacher. Yes there were hardships, obstacles placed in front of her, but her obvious determined spirit prevailed. Through sheer stubbornness and will, Arizona does indeed receive her teaching certificate and begins her life long teaching career teaching in the little one room schoolhouse where she herself attended.

The story follows the author's aunt through marriage, the birth of her child and her final retirement from a profession in which she excelled. Mrs. Arizona Houston Hughes ended teaching several generations of fourth grade students and having a great impact on their lives. She lived to the age of 93.

This is a well written work. The author's low keyed, yet precise and poetic prose is almost hypnotic at times. You feel and see what the young teachers feels and sees; through her eyes and the eyes of those around her and knew her. Her wish to see far away places was never actually fulfilled literally, but was fulfilled through the wonderful gift of knowledge, curiosity and wonder that she was able to passes on to her many students.

The illustrations in this small work are wonderful and perfectly executed. Each frame fits the story line perfectly. This team of Houston and Lamb is a winner by any standard. The background, dress, details and feeling of the Blue Ridge Mountains are captured perfectly.

As a side note; I have read this same story to the same group of third graders four times now. After this lat reading I had three little girls come up after class and inform me that they wanted to be teachers just like the "lady in the book." I have to admit that I got a bit choked up over that.

This is a wonderful read for children, either on their own, or as a group read. It is a strong, strong tribute to teachers, those in a profession which I personally feel is one of the most important we have. Not only should teachers read this one, but all those that are interested in their child's education and it is a good reminder to all of us that one person can indeed make a tremendous difference in many, many lives.

Don Blankenship
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One of the BEST children's books ever written!And it's true!
My Great Aunt Arizona is a beautifully-written, beautifully-illustrated book based on a real person, the author's great aunt Arizona.We loved the book so much we took a family vacation some years ago to see the area.The artist obviously went there and saw Henson Creek and the real places, just as we did.We saw Great Aunt Arizona's grave site, too, and met the author's mother.

We love this book so much we have donated it to a couple of libraries and given it as gifts many times.Top notch!

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This new manual prepares high school students in the state of Arizona for the math test that they must pass as a prerequisite to graduation. It provides extensive practice and review and covers all of the following test topics: number sense and operations; data analysis, probability, and discrete mathematics; patterns, algebra, and functions;geometry and measurement; and structure and logic. This book also presents one diagnostic test and three full-length practice tests with solutions to all problems plus a glossary of commonly used math terms. ... Read more

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The best preparatory tool for the AIMS test.
This book is a great review tool prior to taking the AIMS test.It is concise, well written, extremely understandable and detailed enough for even advanced students to benefit.Plus it saved alot of time by putting everything needed in one affordable package.

Don't buy it at the last minute before the test.It has enough material that sufficient time is needed for review.Also, I highly recommend the AIMS writing and reading book by Diane Sanchez. ... Read more

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In January 2005, the Goldwater Institute and the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation jointly produced A Guide to Understanding State Funding of Arizona Public School Students to bring simplicity, transparency, and accuracy to Arizona public school finance by detailing the underlying funding formulas and mechanisms. Like the 2005 study, this analysis examines updated financial data from the Arizona Department of Educations multiple accounting systems: the Uniform System of Financial Reporting (USFR), the Student Accountability Information System (SAIS), and the Superintendent's Annual Financial Report (SAFR). This policy brief also describes the changes that have occurred in Arizona funding between the 2002-03 and 2003-04 fiscal years.

The state does not synthesize its multiple accounting systems, making it hard for the public to know how much is actually spent on public school students and difficult for policymakers to obtain accurate figures to inform sound education policy. For example, the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, says the state spends $5,222 per student, and Education Week's annual Quality Counts ranking claims Arizona spends $6,331.2

The online K-12 Funding Index has been updated with fiscal year 2003-04 Arizona Department of Education financial data. With the online database, policymakers and the public can readily access the most accurate per-student funding figures--by both student and district type--for all 218 regular Arizona public school districts. The only resource of its kind in Arizona, the Index breaks down state equalization base funding for students into four categories, and non-equalized district funding into per-student amounts by local, county, state, and federal funding categories. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valley Christian High School is a private high school located in Chandler, Arizona, USA.Valley Christian was founded in 1982 at Bethany Community Church in Tempe, Arizona to serve the East Valley, which at the time, had a lack of nondenominational Christian Schools. Since its founding, it has grown and moved twice, first to another location in Tempe. Secondly to its current home in Chandler, Arizona. Valley also has a history of putting athletics before academics. ... Read more