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Spending on administration in Arizona schools grew twice as fast as on instruction
PHOENIX — Arizona’s traditional public school districts are cutting costs as enrollment falls. But over the past six years, they have increased per-student spending on administration more than twice as fast as per-student spending on instruction, according to an analysis by The Beam, an accountability newsroom from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University, and Cronkite News.
Spending on administration in Arizona schools grew twice as fast as on instruction
By Ian Brown, Kindness Hyde and Lilly Roseburrough October 20, 2026 Republish this article PHOENIX — Arizona’s traditional public school districts are cutting costs as enrollment falls.
Letter: David Burke obituary
Thu, 18 June 2026 at 4:54 pm UTC David Burke, right, as Doctor Watson with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in 1985.Photograph: ITV/Shutterstock In the late 1960s, the actor David Burke was a member of the company at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, under the formidable creative team of Richard Eyre and Clive Perry. There, he benefited from the opportunities provided by a rep company, now no longer seen, alongside his wife-to-be, Anna Calder-Marshall, and Brian Cox.
In Japan, US nationalism and conservatism has fed the growth of a political party
U.S. Republican Party and Make America Great Again memorabilia in Sanseito’s Councillor Sen Yamanaka's office in the House of Councillors in Tokyo, on March 10, 2026. (Photo by Reuben J. Brown/Cronkite Borderlands Project) TOKYO — During Japan’s Feb. 8 national election, Sanseito, one of the newest parties, won 15 seats in the lower chamber of the National Diet, the country’s bicameral legislature.
Take it from this Everett math teacher: It’s OK to hate math
EVERETT — “I hate math.” I hear those three words all the time at the elementary school where I teach. So many students say they hate it that I started asking why. Their answers are almost always the same: Math is hard. Math is boring. Fair enough. When I was a kid, I hated math. You probably did, too. Growing up, math class was about memorizing times tables and formulas. If you didn’t have a great memory, you were toast. The first time I truly thought “I hate math” was in third grade.
Hallowed Ground by Ian Brown | The FriesenPress Bookstore
Hallowed Ground Stories of the Yale Pioneer Cemetery by Ian Brown This book makes it easy with its compelling collection of stories about the people who are buried at the Yale Pioneer Cemetery, an antique burial ground “at a stopping point between Fort Langley and Fort Kamloops,” BC.
Riding the Greyhound through America’s swing states
Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Account For the best listening experience and to never miss an episode, subscribe to The Decibel on your favourite podcast app or platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts and Youtube. The U.S. election is a week away, and tensions are running high. Polls show Harris and Trump as more or less deadlocked.
Spoiler! 2004 Red Sox tale worth retelling, even with the ending known
After months of buildup, the docuseries Red Sox fans have been waiting for is ready for viewing with a simple add to your queue on Netflix. “The Comeback: 2004 Red Sox” will not disappoint. Director/executive producer Colin Barnicle and his crew, through in-depth interviews with almost every key participant, build the drama throughout the three-part series, produced by Meadlowlark Media in conjunction with MLB. Each segment runs roughly an hour.
Flutter offers $ 2,616 grants to support 200 local sports clubs and drive participation
Acting on its commitment to Do More for Communities, Flutter UKI is providing 200 community sporting organizations across the UK and Ireland with the opportunity to apply for grants of £2,000 ($2,616) to improve their facilities, purchase new equipment, run coaching programs and drive participation in sports.
The Challenge of the Mountain Top
Speaker: Rev Ian Brown 2,005 sermons The Challenge of the Mountain Top Dr Ian Brown speaks on our second night of the Week of Prayer 3rd Septmeber 2024 This MP3 sermon was last played: 16 minutes ago | more » Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter.
THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE - Newz9
Safety and prosperity are this nation’s core worth propositions. Here, a child can arrive from wherever on the planet, enter public college and attend a comparatively reasonably priced college. They can graduate as a pharmacist or laptop programmer or another fascinating skilled, geared up to make the most of the various alternatives Canada has to supply. At least, that’s the way it’s been for many years. How life like is it now?
For Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, machines are closer to humans than we think
Open this photo in gallery: Geoffrey Hinton left his position at Google last year so he could speak more freely about artificial intelligence, a field he helped to pioneer and is increasingly critical of.
How much is too much? The growing backlash against wealth
Open this photo in gallery: A woman under an umbrella walks past the luxury retailer Louis Vuitton store at Place Vendome in Paris on March 22, 2023.YVES HERMAN/Reuters Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Account Last week, as bolts of outrage generated by the federal government’s rewiring of the capital-gains tax continued to flash in all directions across the sky, The Very Very Rich Guy called and explained how long it takes to spend half a million dollars in the Louis...
Book Review: Hugg ‘n’ Bugg - The Surprise by Ian Brown & Eoin Clarke
Title: Hugg ‘n’ Bugg: The Surprise (Hugg ‘n’ Bugg #3) Author: Ian Brown Illustrator: Eoin Clarke Publisher: Graffeg Genre: Children’s picture book Book format: Paperback Sweet Strawberries: Description: Hugg, the messy yeti, and Bugg, his Himalayan flea lodger, have a great life together. Hugg keeps Bugg warm in his fur, and in return Bugg keeps Hugg’s hair neat and tidy. But one day, Hugg is disturbed to see fancy hairstyles on others and, filled with jealousy, he falls out with Bugg.
Opinion: In defence of aging at the top
Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Account Quickly, now: who’s the president of Egypt? Who’s the president of Mexico? Ah, just as I thought. Like me, you can’t remember. (Mexico: Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Egypt: Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.) If you are like me, in fact, and your interests range even beyond current affairs in Mexico and Egypt, you barely knew their names in the first place. So here’s an easier question: what’s the first name of the Prime Minister of Britain?
Thanksgiving sides: Seven dishes missing from our best-of bracket
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To help you prepare for Thanksgiving, we rounded up 16 sides and asked readers to vote for their favourite. After four days of voting in our single-elimination bracket, and more than 18,000 votes, a winner was chosen: Stuffing. For readers who saw their favourites knocked out in early rounds, we’re here for you. For those of you who thought our top 16 was missing some key dishes, you’re not alone.
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On Decisions
A simple note about a very familiar word. The word I'm writing about is 'Decision.' It's a familiar word, and we all know it. I just googled it, and the Cambridge online dictionary defines it as: That's as good a general definition as any, I suppose. But, what does it mean to make a decision as an individual? To some, a decision is simply a choice, as defined above. Easily made, and easily changed. To others, a decision is an ironclad promise to oneself.
Father made 100 bets a day due to ‘pervasive gambling disorder’, inquest hears
She said they lived a “happy family life” and Mr Ashton “did not want to die” but he had a gambling addiction that he “did not understand or recognise” that was causing him “pain and harm”, the hearing at Leicester Coroner’s Court was told.
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