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New Elementary With Ties To ASU Opens

sstorrs — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:41:47 -0600

First- and second-graders practiced pronunciation. Third- and fourth-graders learned basic Spanish while learning their classmates' names. Fifth- and sixth-graders discovered their teachers' backgrounds.

Monday was the first day of school for the 230 kindergarten to sixth-graders at Polytechnic Elementary School in Mesa. The nonprofit charter school, managed by University Public Schools Inc., is affiliated with Arizona State University. It's been in the planning stages since ASU President Michael Crow envisioned it in 2002.

The school promises innovative, team teaching, individualized learning for every student and new teaching styles, implemented with the help of mentor teachers and ASU graduate students, said Principal Donna Bullock.

The Campus of the Future

sstorrs — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:57:34 -0600

Michael Crow is overseeing one of the most radical redesigns in higher learning since the modern research university took shape in 19th-century Germany. Since taking over as president of Arizona State University in 2002, he's not only doubled the budget to more than $2 billion a year, hired dozens of world-class researchers and rapidly raised the academic profile of what used to be a mediocre school; he's also transforming the way Phoenix-based ASU sees itself—and helping reinvent the university for the global age.

College for All - The Labor Market for College Educated Workers

spprog — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:25:34 -0600

Human Capital and Economic Activity in Urban America

spprog — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:13:03 -0600

Grady Gammage “Megapolitan – Arizona’s Sun Corridor”

emersunn — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:17:27 -0600

Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy recently published a report entitled “Megapolitan- Arizona’s Sun Corridor.” The report focuses on the convergence of Arizona’s major population centers into one vast urban area and the challenges and opportunities resulting from this trend.

American education systems in a global context

spprog — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:01:31 -0600

A New Millenium of Knowledge? The Arab Human Development Report on Building a Knowledge Society

spprog — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:51:23 -0600

SkySong Update - Rick Shangraw and Julia Rosen

sstorrs — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:17:53 -0600

This week’s podcast features a conversation with Rick Shangraw, vice president of Research and Economic Affairs, and Julia Rosen, associate vice president for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, on the topic of SkySong’s development, progress and plans for the future.

Engineering for a Changing World

spprog — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:56:19 -0600

The Achilles' Heel of the Regional Economy: Four Challenges that Arizona Must Address

mgberry — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:42:23 -0700