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• Campaign groups for and against unification
  A list of groups and their Web sites.
• All-day kindergarten gets $160 mil boost
  Parents and school officials are waiting to see how many more schools will get state-funded, all-day kindergarten this fall.
• Dowling, county board go to court today
  Six months of escalating political squabbles will land the county superintendent of schools and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in court today.
• Downtown ASU dorm is in works
  Arizona State University is quietly negotiating with a Virginia-based developer who wants to build a high-rise student-housing complex in the heart of downtown Phoenix.
• Bioscience High is open to all kids
  Starting June 21, incoming freshman, regardless of where they live, can apply to attend the new Bioscience High School in Phoenix. Until now, enrollment was limited to students who live within the Phoenix Union High School district students.
• Reading project shows kids still struggling to meet grade standards
  Two years into a three-year project to improve reading scores at an inner-city Phoenix school, the children are floundering, heading into third grade unprepared for the kind of reading they'll be expected to do.
• Real degrees through cyberspace
  Arizona universities are responding to skyrocketing demand for online diplomas by offering more degrees to students as far away as China, who want the convenience of learning from home.
• Is an online education as good?
  
• English-learner test scores may imperil schools
  State schools chief Tom Horne is threatening to sue the federal government over what he says is a broken agreement that could result in another 100 Arizona schools being labeled as failures.
• Comic-book class causes buzz
  Kids at Herrera School for the Fine Arts in Phoenix are reading a hot new comic book created by seventh- and eighth-graders.
• Senate agrees to classroom flag law
  Raise the flags. A proposed law that would ensure an American flag flies in classrooms from kindergarten through college received a final nod in the Senate.
• Killer bee tale shows kids writing can be fun
  Kids at Herrera School for the Fine Arts in Phoenix are reading a hot new comic book created by seventh- and eighth-graders. Teacher, Bettie Lake, chuckles - not only over the comic book - but because her students are honing their writing skills under the guise of a fun activity.
• Water day ends Phoenix Day School for Deaf's year
  Phoenix Day School for the Deaf students ended their school year with a splash. The water day with Phoenix firefighters was among several special events held throughout the year at the school that serves deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
• Bill proposes flag fly in all classrooms
  Second-grade students stand before the American flag with small right hands over their hearts and sing the Star Spangled Banner before moving, 22 voices strong, into the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Tomorrow's high schools likely to resemble today's colleges
  American high schools are on the brink of changes that could make them nearly unrecognizable to students who just got their diplomas.
• Can't read this?
  Braille is disappearing, and what does that mean for a generation of blind children growing up without it?
• Survey: Ariz. teachers seek training, prep time
  Most Arizona teachers think their principals are doing a good job, like their fellow teachers, and feel safe in their schools, but need more time to prepare lesson plans and want more training, according to a survey released Friday by the governor's office.
• Seniors face Breathalyzer test on graduation day
  Breathalyzers are popping up on high school campuses as a way to deter students from drinking before special events such as prom, homecoming and graduation.
• Buzz builds for Bioscience High
  At the new Bioscience High in Phoenix, which opens in August, students will tap data into laptop computers and splice DNA in labs that would rival what you'd see at colleges and research facilities.
• Valley's educators tackle biotechnology
  A few years after biotechnology hit the headlines in Arizona, the concept is taking root at several high schools.