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In 2010, the Arizona Legislature enacted Arizona Revised Statute §15-241 (A.R.S. §15-241) to create the A-F Letter Grade accountability system which was adopted in June 2011 by the State Board of Education. The A-F Letter Grades are designed to place equal value on current year achievement and longitudinal academic growth, specifically the growth of all students as well as a school’s lowest achieving students.

"Accredited Online Colleges is the Internet’s premier site for finding accredited online education in America that is in line with the standards of the United States Department of Education. It allows you to search through countless accredited schools based on a variety of criteria to find the accredited college that best meets your needs. It is a comprehensive and informative resource that ranks each university in Arizona by size, degrees offered, tuition costs, admission rates, graduation rates, and retention rates.

Arizona Charter Schools Association is a nonprofit organization who believes that all Arizona students should have access to a high quality public school. We are focused on creating and sharing innovative programs designed to support leaders and teachers as they work to improve student achievement. The Association supports student achievement through high quality charter schools, advocates for student equity and charter school autonomy, and leads Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong, credible organization.

The Arizona Department of Education and its chief position, a publicly elected state Superintendent of Public Instruction, were created upon the ratification of the Arizona Constitution. The job of the state superintendent is to “superintend” the K-12 public education system in Arizona through the state department of education.  As stated in the state constitution, this involves providing for the students of Arizona a uniform public school system including kindergarten schools, common schools, high schools and normal schools.

Across the state, Arizona’s Common Core Standards are being implemented to ensure that all students have the academic knowledge and skills they need to be successful in college, career and life. To support their implementation, the Arizona Public Engagement Task Force - an independently formed statewide collaborative of more than 30 organizations – has worked in partnership with the Arizona Department of Education to provide information and resources to parents, educators, students and business leaders about the standards.  The Task Force has also created the Arizona’s Common Core Standards Communications Tool Kit that provides superintendents, principals, teachers and other community leaders with the tools to communicate to families and community members about the standards.

Healthcare careers are part of the fastest growing industry for job growth and development in the United States. This trend is expected to continue over the next decade and expected to grow at the astonishing rate of 23%. This is largely due to the accessibility of healthcare and the aging baby boomer generation. Healthcare careers can be found in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and even at home. Click on the link below to learn more.

Arizona is considered a pioneering state in online education. A certain university system in the state has offered online degree programs since 1993. Arizona boasts over 300 online degree programs from a wide variety of prestigious institutions appearing in the 2015 US News and World Report rankings. The top 5 online colleges in Arizona for 2017 include (#1) Arizona State University, (#2) University of Arizona, (#3) Grand Canyon University), and (#4) Northern Arizona University, and (#5) Arizona Western College.

Web Design is a career sector that continues to grow, as more and more individuals and companies require not just web design, but site maintenance and continuous improvement. Team your knack with technology with your communication and management skills and aim to reach new career heights in this contemporary industry.

FamilyLink is a dynamic Web portal for the families of our school. FamilyLink has a live (dynamic) connection to the Schoolmaster database system. Once data is changed in the system (or in teacher's Schoolmaster Gradebook), the changes are seen on the portal. Once a parent/guardian is logged in, he or she can switch back and forth between multiple students that are linked to that adult in the core system.

In this guide, you will be taught different ways on how to financially aid your online studies. School-specific, state and federal government, and private scholarships, along with grant programs, can help you over the cost of your education. Online students have access to the same financial aid as traditional students in most cases. See more here: Scholarship and Financial Aid Information on Arizona's online schools.

It’s no secret that the American culture has money problems, but more specifically – credit problems. Consider the following statistics: every three months, 250,000 new families enter into foreclosure, and the average family has $16,000 in credit card debt. This guide will help parents understand how to promote positive credit awareness and responsible financial habits throughout a child’s development.

College students don’t always have a healthy relationship with credit and credit cards aren’t the only concern. In 2015, the average college student graduated with $30,100 in student loan debt; in 2016, 11.2 percent of student loan debt was in default or delinquent by 90+ days. Even more, the student loan situation is getting worse, not better. We wrote this guide to empower parents to help their college students (or young adults of similar age) transition to the real world by avoiding credit pitfalls and developing solid financial habits that will set them up for success.

DoYourHomeworkArizona.org is a free tool created by Stand for Children Arizona to help parents better understand homework related to Arizona’s new academic standards in Math and English in grades Kindergarten – 8^th Grade.

On this page, you will learn how accreditation works and why it matters. Basically, it will answer the questions for: How do I check for accreditation?, Why is accreditation important?, Is all accreditation the same? And How does programmatic accreditation work?

The site, https://k12standards.az.gov, provides parents, teachers, community members, and others an easy way to review the current standards and provide their thoughts on how the standards can be improved. This information will be used to assist the state in the improvement of Arizona’s current academic standards.

As registered nurses move forward in furthering their careers in the medical field, choosing the right nursing program is an important and difficult decision. Earning a BSN degree gives them more career stability, as well as the opportunity for career advancement, and salary raises. Click on the link below to learn more. 

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