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Horizon - 2006 (January 26)

ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Napolitano, Janet (Speaker) / Schriro, Dora Bess (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created2006-01-26
DescriptionSegments on the Arizona government's failure to solve the English learner funding issue and the Department of Correction's search for funding to retain officers. Guests include Linda Lopez, Assistant House Minority Leader; Representative Tom Boone; Dora Schriro, Director of the Department of Corrections.
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Horizon - 2006 (March 23)

ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Horne, Thomas C. (Interviewee) / Schriro, Dora Bess (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created2006-03-23
Description
Segments on Harry Mitchell's congressional bid, an update regarding the English language learning controversy, the lower costs of state-run prisons, and the possibility of breastfeeding as an exemption from Arizona's indecent exposure laws (House Bill 2376). Guests include Tom Horne, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Representative Russell Pearce (R); Amy…

Segments on Harry Mitchell's congressional bid, an update regarding the English language learning controversy, the lower costs of state-run prisons, and the possibility of breastfeeding as an exemption from Arizona's indecent exposure laws (House Bill 2376). Guests include Tom Horne, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Representative Russell Pearce (R); Amy Milliron; Senator John M. Huppenthal; Dora Schriro, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections.
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Closing the Achievement Gap for Students With a Home Language Other Than English

ContributorsMorrison Institute for Public Policy (Author) / Arizona Indicators (Project) (Publisher)
Created2010-01-01
Description

Many Arizona students speak a language other than English at home. Read a new analysis of how these non-English home language students perform on the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test relative to their English home language peers.

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English Language Learners: What's at Stake for Arizona?

ContributorsJimenez-Castellanos, Oscar (Author) / Combs, Mary Carol (Author) / Martinez, David (Author) / Gomez, Laura (Author) / Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center (Publisher) / Arizona Indicators (Project) (Publisher) / Morrison Institute for Public Policy (Publisher)
Created2013-03
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The report is both comprehensive and timely, with ELL-related discussions presently taking place in the Legislature that would remove ELL from the throes of political ideologies and return oversight to the State Board of Education. It notes the economic impact on all of Arizona if ELL programs and funding are…

The report is both comprehensive and timely, with ELL-related discussions presently taking place in the Legislature that would remove ELL from the throes of political ideologies and return oversight to the State Board of Education. It notes the economic impact on all of Arizona if ELL programs and funding are not improved.