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Players are true student-athletes
School notes
UA researchers, mining leaders work together
Yet another payroll glitch cited at TUSD
Student of the Week: Keesha Rutledge
Students want say in tuition hike
Online degrees appealing option for soldiers
Forum today seeks reaction to tuition plan
Districts dispute, slow to address failure findings
How to contact school superintendents and board members
'Age of Biology' dawns at UA for high schoolers
UA professor ranged from audiology to spirituality
State looks at dipping into tuition revenues
Despite cuts, Shelton vows top-10 status
Get involved, female leaders tell girls
Study: Educational TV for kids often lacking
Goldberg UA's interim dean of engineering
TUSD seeking new leader for Enrichment Foundation
My opinion Nicholas D. Kristof : Obama must not put off reform of education
Goodwill and good deeds
Popular show comes to Marana
School notes
D-M after charter middle school
Church asks diocese to give back its buildings
Story Town Saturday will bring 5 books alive for kids
UA duo has cyber-way to break ice in bar scene
Thorns & Flowers
TUSD glitch means fouled-up checks for 2,500 on Dec. 5
Student of the Week: Melissa Dean
Libraries work to keep kids from seeing porn
Voters mostly reject plans to split, unify school areas
Astronomer to explain why he let Pluto down
Tucson Time Capsule : visit by a legendary lensman
Bus driver cost TUSD $4.5M, is still at the wheel
Fees paid to governing body becoming costlier for high schools
New zoo center goes beyond the cages
Mass launch is part fun, science, record try
Science, technology reveal 'Nature's Art'
New facility part of larger expansion
TEP to award grants to non-profits
Shelton seeks maximum UA tuition hike
Furor hits UA over cartoon's use of N-word
New grant funds for schools
UA-reorganization panel backs array of mergers, new programs
TUSD override backers 'energized'
TUSD still on path to building trust
Election provides real-life civics lesson
Bullies prowl cyberspace, too
Educators are up for big award
School notes

STAR INVESTIGATION

Schools promote students despite widespread failure
Why are some students promoted to the next grade even when they fail essential classes?

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SCHOOL TESTS

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Nominate a student for the Star's 'Student of the Week' feature, and view past winners.

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DATABASE: UA EMPLOYEE SALARIES

This database contains the salaries of UA employees from 2006.

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Blogs - campuscorrespondent
Cartoonist who penned controversial comic on campus tonight [1]
Check out this cool Mars video [1]
A few questions as UA's reorganization moves forward
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TUSD SUPERINTENDENTS

• Elizabeth Celania-Fagen takes the reins of Tucson's largest school district. Take a look at her predecessors in this slide show.

PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS

Here are the Star's 2008 lists of Tucson-area private and charter schools, available in searchable interactive or printer-friendly PDF formats:

Interactive combined database

All charter schools

All private schools

(The PDF files require free Adobe Acrobat Reader)

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