New Elementary With Ties To ASU Opens
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.
Christopher Callahan & Greg Giczi - Cronkite School, KAET move to Downtown Phoenix campus
On July 21, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Channel 8/KAET-TV and the KBAQ Production Studio will officially relocate to a new 223,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility on the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus. The new leading edge, six-story facility, which has been underway for over a year, will house classrooms, newsrooms, computer labs, production studios, and administrative offices.
Conrad Storad ASU Research Magazine
ASU Research Magazine was recently named the best university research magazine in the United States by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). This major recognition is the pinnacle of 28 honors that ASU Research Publications has received this year alone for its outstanding work in communicating ASU's discovery efforts in compelling and innovative ways.
