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Governor:Jan Brewer
Superintendent of Public Instruction:John Huppenthal
Quality Counts state grade:C-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:1,071,690
Number of school districts:614
Number of public schools:2,265
Number of public school teachers:50,031
Unadjusted education spending per student:$7,968
Percent minority students:57.1%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:45.0%
Percent of students with disabilities:11.7%
Percent of English-language learners:7.1%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:33.6%
8th grade math:31.5%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:26.1%
8th grade reading:28.2%

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After a long legal and political fight, the Tucson district is shutting down its Mexican-American studies program.
January 17, 2012 - Education Week
Arizona State requires yearlong student-teaching for all undergraduate education majors, who must prove mastery of teaching skills.
November 15, 2011 - Education Week
A Mexican-American studies program doesn't violate a new state law restricting such classes, an audit says, despite the state schools chief's claim.
June 17, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week
As pressure builds for the district to shut down its controversial classes or risk losing state funds, officials stand firm.
January 4, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week
A bid to loosen Florida’s class-size limits headed toward defeat, as did dueling measures in Oklahoma that centered on school funding.
November 3, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
An Arizona state law restricting ethnic-studies classes hasn't kept students at Tucson High Magnet from signing up for the courses this fall.
September 21, 2010 - Education Week
The ruling comes as a hearing opens in a closely watched legal battle over the state's ELL programs.
September 13, 2010 - Education Week
Scholars worry that two high-profile controversies over sharing data on teachers could make it harder to do research on schools.
September 3, 2010 - Education Week
The case opens as federal officials, in a separate ruling, determine that state ELL practices violate federal civil rights law.
September 2, 2010 - Education Week
Lawyers for the state education chief seek the data for use in a long-running federal court case over Arizona's ELL programs.
August 23, 2010 - Education Week

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