Category: In the News

Arizona received some encouraging news earlier this month when National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data showed our students are performing on the same level as their peers in the highest performing states.

Former State Superintendent of Education Lisa Graham Keegan, who serves on the Association’s Board of Directors, and Matthew Ladner, senior adviser for policy and research at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, discuss the significance of the NAEP scores and what Arizona needs to do to sustain this momentum.

Tucson-area students are taking advantage of school choice by attending more charter schools, as well as other nontraditional schools and programs. “Families and students are looking for choice and finding it in charters,” said Association President and CEO Eileen Sigmund.

Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center and Paradise Honors High School were named some of the top 500 high schools in the country by Newsweek, including in a separate list of best high schools that serve a high percentage of students in poverty.

Association President and CEO Eileen Sigmund wrote an op-ed to the Sahuarita Sun  to dispel myths regarding charter school achievement and whether or not charter schools accept all students.

The Arizona Republic published an op-ed from Association President and CEO Eileen Sigmund that addressed a number of mistruths regarding charter schools not accepting all students. Sigmund notes that public charter schools are bound to the same laws as district schools to accept all students, including those who require specialized instruction.

Eileen Sigmund, president and CEO of the Arizona Charter Schools Association, sat down with 3TV to discuss school funding cuts and how the cuts will affect the state’s charter school movement and future school openings.

Once again, an Arizona charter school topped a prominent national ranking. U.S. News and World Report ranked BASIS Scottsdale first on its list of Arizona “Gold” schools. There were six schools on the list, including BASIS and two other charter schools.

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Arizona Charter Schools Association President Eileen Sigmund appeared on Fox 10’s Newsmaker Sunday to discuss the biggest hurdles facing Arizona schools.