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By Nikie Whaley • AZEDNEWS • Arizona Education News Service • Arizona School Boards Association
The best way to guarantee a quality school in every Arizona community is a well-functioning, locally elected school board, so Arizona School Boards Association has created a series of webinars on school board service, with the first one coming up in two days.
School board candidates often run because they are concerned about kids’ education or want to add more opportunities for students. They often find that their passion to improve education helps their whole community and makes their decision to serve as a school board member rewarding.
“If you serve for the right reasons and in the right way by making good informed decisions, you can affect kids’ lives forever,” said Tom Powers, Greenlee County Superintendent of Schools in an AZEdNews story about serving on a school’s governing board.
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See more Arizona education news here:
- Arizona Capitol Times — (Guest opinion) Education Department violated trust, mismanages voucher program
- AzCentral — How far should Arizona schools go to prepare for shootings?
- AzCentral — (Opinion) — Surprise active shooter drills hurt kids more than they help. Why do schools do them?
- The Center Square — Arizona 4th-graders score four points below the national average on reading
- KJZZ — Beat The Odds Leadership Academy Offers Intensive Training For Arizona School Principals
- KTAR News — Active shooter drills in schools can be ‘intense,’ ‘scarring’ for kids
- Sahuaritan Sun — Tubac internship provides students opportunity to learn about the borderlands
- Your Valley News — Education remains key concern in Arizona
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