Tag: Chandler

Why Choosing Online School is the Best Fit for Our Family

Post author By acs@@dmin
Post date February 21, 2019

By Tara Boedigheimer

In 2011, when our son Drew was just two years old, we experienced every parent’s worst nightmare.

We were given the shocking and completely unexpected news, by a pediatric cardiologist, that our precious boy was critically ill with a very rare form of cardiomyopathy–and in need of a heart transplant. It was the only thing that could save his life. Not only that, he needed it immediately and the transplant program at Phoenix Children’s Hospital was very new and not approved by our insurance to handle Drew’s situation.

Tags accountability, Arizona, Arizona Legislature, arizona state board of education, Central Phoenix, Chandler, Charter, charter schools, Education, K-12, public schools, school choice

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Arizona Charter Students Boast Larger NAEP Gains than Any State

Post author By acs@@dmin
Post date April 20, 2018

By Eric Berschback

Recently released results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that Arizona’s public charter school students have posted greater scale score gains than any individual state, from 2009 to 2017. The data show that when measured as their own “state”, Arizona charter students outpaced the gains realized by their state level peers in all four major tested subjects: fourth grade reading and math, as well as eighth grade reading and math.

Tags accountability, Arizona, Central Phoenix, Chandler, Charter, charter schools, East Valley, Flagstaff, K-12, Kingman, Phoenix, Politics, Tucson

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BASIS Chandler student’s values help her rise to the top

Post author By acs@@dmin
Post date January 26, 2018

By Jamar Younger

Kaylah Rose Yazzie has no problem adapting to change.

As the daughter of a former active duty U.S. Air Force officer, Kaylah spent the early years of her childhood moving across the globe, living as far away as Alaska and Japan.

So, when she arrived at BASIS Chandler two years ago as a burgeoning young swimmer who was looking for more of an academic challenge at a rigorous school, it was only a matter of time before she found success.

The eighth-grader has excelled as a student and an athlete, breaking three state swimming records while helping the school’s swim team win a state title last year. The 15-year-old won the gold in the 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke and 50-yard butterfly during the Canyon Athletic Association’s state meet last October.

Tags Arizona, Chandler, charter schools, East Valley, Education, K-12, Phoenix