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Introduction |
Schools in Arizona are allocated such low funding that Arizona schools rank among the poorest funded schools in the nation. Funding per student in Arizona is a fraction of what is allocated for a person incarcerated in Arizona's corrections system.
The students in the 8th grade REACH Social Studies class developed an action plan, using Project Citizen protocols, and this site carries their procedures and the presentation brief that they delivered at Cholla High School on May 6, 2004. La Cima students intend to continue the campaign to increase funding for schools in Arizona. |
Task |
Students in the eighth grade REACH Social Studies class will present their final brief as part of Tucson's Law Day event, at Cholla High School, on May 6.
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Before The Process |
| The students watched a Public Television video produced, by Michael Mulcahey, which explained how Arizona's correction system has expanded over the past two decades. The students understood some of the rationale for the decision to build more correction facilities, and they gathered statistics on the rate of increase in the corrections population per capata in Arizona. Then, they heard Judy Nagle present data and information on Arizona's legislative policy regarding funding for the education and correction systems. Students were given a vast array of resource options that they can use for their presentation research. |
Initial Research |
Students are invited to access the resources for their research on the following links:
Funding Facts
Bond Information
Funding for Arizona's K-12 students
Mother Jones Report
Arizonans Surveyed
House Democratic Leader Statement
Christian Science Monitor
Arizonans Inmates Statistics
Arizonan Census Data
State-by-State Report on Higher Education
Causes for Prison Overcrowding in Arizona
Crime Pays |
Specific Categories for Research |
Arizona State Budget
Governor's Office Budget Announcement for 2004
Governor's Office School Readiness Action Plan
Support for Schools Articles
Better Schools, Not More Prisons
Better Schools, Not More Prisons
Funding for Prisons
Cronkite Rallies for Drug Treatment Center
More Money Spent on Prisons than on Colleges
General Resources
Governor Napolitano's Office Web Site
Arizona Republic
Borrowing Against the Future
Information about Jails from Ramon
Arizona Jails
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Student Criteria for Evalulation |
1. Everyone participates in all the research and each person write a thesis brief for the presentation.
2. Everyone stays on tasks and only talks about the topic during discussion.
3. Everyone listens to others and treats others with respect.
4. Everyone gets "decent" grades, "C" or better, so that they can go to the presentation at Cholla High School.
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Law Resources |
Recent Funding Legislation
Educational Funding Article 3-04
Arizona Educational Law
Law for Kids
Find Laws
Arizona Legislature
Federal and State Law
University of Arizona College of Law
Jessica's sources:
Federal Policymakers
State Policymakers
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Education Resources |
| Educate Magazine from North Carolina |
Final Brief |
The students prepared their brief and made a preliminary presentation for their Project Citizen component on April 20. Coming to this site soon:
Teens Speak Out Final Brief |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| Teens Speak Out PowerPoint Presentation |
Research PowerPoint |
| Teens Speak Out PowerPoint Research |
