From classroom to chatroom: how teachers risk crossing the line with students
PHOENIX – Investigators said it started with a World of Warcraft game: A 16-year-old girl joined a team with her teacher and then entered into a private chat, which spiraled into online advances by the teacher and suggestions of meeting outside of school.
ASU campus hosts largest 3-D printing research facility in Southwest
MESA – Most schools would warn students away from lasers and saws, but officials encourage the students on the Arizona State University Polytechnic campus in Mesa to use them. The campus serves as the Southwest’s largest 3-D printing research facility: The Manufacturing Research and Innovation Hub.
Navajo official worries cuts under Trump will hurt tribal schools
WASHINGTON - The superintendent for Navajo schools said "alarming" calls for the Trump administration to eliminate Head Start funding could leave tribal children without preschool programs or the education resources they desperately need to succeed.
‘What’s one more?’ The revolving door of a foster family
Jessika Reed has eight children, including seven who are adopted and four who have special needs. As if that wasn’t enough, Jessika has also cared for many foster kids during the past 15 years, constantly welcoming children in need into her home.
Legislator wants to add dyslexia handbook to schools
PHOENIX – An Arizona legislator wants to create a dyslexia handbook to distribute to traditional public and charter schools.
Softball pioneers laid the groundwork for today’s athletes
TEMPE — They played at a city park. They slept in gymnasiums. Sometimes they ate only bologna sandwiches. And they had to wear basketball uniforms to play their softball games. It might not sound like a formula for winning national championships, but it worked for Arizona State’s softball program when the Sun Devils won back-to-back titles in 1972-73.
Library coding clubs prepare kids and teens for growing job market
As employment opportunities for software, application and system developers is projected to increase in the coming years, dozens of libraries in Arizona are beginning to realize the importance of coding and are becoming more than a place to check-out books.
Navajo Nation partners with ASU professor to bring science and technology education to reservation
MESA – Shawn Jordan had traveled five hours to Church Rock, New Mexico, in the Navajo Nation. It was his first time on the Navajo reservation.
Students colonize Mars moon in Honeywell Aerospace Challenge
Colonizing a moon of Mars is not an easy task.
200-year-old invention with a twist: Elementary-school students learn while standing
TUCSON – Four weeks ago, eight-year-old McKenzie Brown walked into her school, expecting to find the same classroom. Instead, the chairs were missing.
ASU’s James Baldwin mural aims to reclaim stereotypes
GLENDALE--Last week, the Arizona State University Black Student Union held a community mural painting on the ASU West Campus for Black History Month, inviting community members to contribute to a painting of writer James Baldwin. Baldwin's unfinished manuscript "Remember this House" is the basis for the Oscar-nominated documentary on racism, "I Am Not Your Negro."
No more line up to sign up: Thousands jump at expedited FAFSA form
WASHINGTON - Every calendar in Anne Gabriellini's Surprise house was marked for Oct. 1, but not to signify a birthday, anniversary or important doctor's appointment.
