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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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About 3,000 public high school students in Mesa, Ariz., received inoculations last week as part of a large-scale bioterrorism-response drill.
November 27, 2002 - Education Week
How many public schools are excelling in Arizona? Not many, if the state's new ratings system for schools is a good gauge.
October 30, 2002 - Education Week
They are an elusive population: faces that vanish from class yearbooks, then reappear in low-wage jobs, unemployment offices, and even at other schools. This year, educators in Arizona received what might be the most detailed snapshot yet of the teenagers who are dropping out of their schools by the thousands.
September 4, 2002 - Education Week
Technology Page A growing number of states are looking to "network" their way past the imbalances of educational resources separating their public schools.
June 19, 2002 - Education Week
Arizona lawmakers may temporarily halt a burgeoning 12-year-old program that allows the creation of special vocational school districts. The districts have grown steadily, but critics say the initiatives have become a financial burden the state may no longer be able to afford.
May 8, 2002 - Education Week
One of the nation's most closely watched educational-tax-credit programs has done little to broaden opportunities for the state's poor families, a university report contends.
April 10, 2002 - Education Week
With a court-imposed deadline looming, Arizona lawmakers passed legislation late last month to increase the amount of money the state spends on students with limited proficiency in English.
January 9, 2002 - Education Week
Arizona has been slapped with another lawsuit that questions the constitutionality of the way the state finances public schools.
October 3, 2001 - Education Week
Two Washington groups on opposite sides of the battle over public financing for private schooling released dueling reports last week on Arizona's 4-year-old tuition-tax-credit program.
September 26, 2001 - Education Week
Acting on the advice of state schools Superintendent Jaime Molera, the Arizona board of education voted last week to again postpone a plan to require high school students to pass a statewide test to graduate. This time, the measure was delayed until 2006.
September 5, 2001 - Education Week

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