The Arizona Department of Education building in downtown Phoenix.
The Arizona Department of Education is allocating an additional $16 million of its discretionary COVID-19 relief funds, it announced Tuesday. The money is part of the $135.5 million in discretionary funds that the department received from two federal COVID-19 relief packages. With these new allocations, the department has now allocated $116 million of these funds.
The $16 million will be invested into efforts focused on student equity and achievement, teacher recruitment and retention, and college access and attainment. This includes a partnership on an ASU summer math program for K-12 students, and a laptop and hotspot partnership with the city of Phoenix.
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Report outlines disparities and challenges in state of Latino education in Arizona
Arizona for Latino Leaders in Education, or ALL in Education, Wednesday released MAPA, a report outlining the state of Latino education in Arizona.
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PHOENIX â Arizona for Latino Leaders in Education, or ALL in Education, Wednesday released MAPA, a report outlining the state of Latino education in Arizona.
During a virtual summit, leaders talked about how years of policies have hurt Latino students, from lack of resources and funding, to inadequate representation. The data doesn t lie, the fact of the matter is Latino students are following behind and they have been for two decades, said Stephanie Parra, the executive director of ALL in Education.
Updated: Monday, February 8, 2021 - 7:56am
The nonprofit Arizona for Latino Leaders In Education, or ALL in Education, has launched a program that gives parents tools to support their children’s education during distance learning and beyond.
The organization’s executive director, Stephanie Parra, said the idea for the new Parent Educator Academy was born from parents’ frustration with distance learning. We want parents to feel equipped to be kind of like that at-home navigator with their student so we definitely want to meet the educational needs of our kids, of the students and the families that we are serving, she said.