Tom Horne
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Speeches
Open Letters
Articles Written
- Horne
seeks ethnic-studies ban - Arizona Republic June 13, 2009
-
It's time
to put ethnic studies on a new track- Arizona Republic August 10,
2008
- AIMS necessary for accountability – Arizona Republic August 6, 2008
- ELL costs are a matter of perspective
- Arizona Capitol Times March 28, 2008
- Economic Education Crucial to Future of Students, and Future of Country
- Arizona Republic March 22, 2008
- Horne takes to task Raza Studies teachers - Arizona Daily Star December 5, 2007
- Saving Roosevelt
- Arizona Republic February 14, 2008
- Racist views are poor
use of school funding - Arizona Republic February 3, 2007
- Let's be clear on
school spending, achievement - Arizona Republic January 22, 2007
- More math =
more dropouts - Arizona Republic December 29, 2006
- Why Johnny
Can't Read - science books, that is - Arizona Capitol Times
August 4, 2006
- Position on AIMS
misconstrued - Arizona Republic May 29, 2006
- AIMS Test is a
Good Way to Overcome the Evil Effects of Social Promotion -
Arizona Republic April 30, 2006
- 7 Steps to Better Learning
- Arizona Republic March 23, 2006
- Department of Education to Host
High School Summit - Arizona Capitol Times August 26, 2005
- Arizona Dropout
Prevention Programs are Working - Arizona Republic August 14,
2005
- Dropout Prevention a Top
Priority - Arizona Republic June 26, 2005
- Border Issues - Arizona tax
payers' money should not be used for non-residents of Arizona - Arizona
Daily Star June 7, 2005
-
Remedy
is Possible in cases like Colorado City Schools - Arizona Republic
April 23, 2005
- If we were
to drop the graduation requirement, it would be a huge letdown in the
motivation of students - Letter to The Arizona Republic,
February 24, 2005
- Removing the incentive is the
wrong thing to do - Let's not water down academic success...Arizona
Daily Star, February 27, 2005
- Let's Stop Pushing Junk Food
- There is no longer conceivable justification for the schools to pushing
sugar and saturated fat on the students...The East Valley Tribune,
February 15, 2005
- AIMS - Now is not the
time to pull the rug out from the increased motivation of students, by
removing the requirement that students pass AIMs to graduate...The Arizona
Republic, January 2005
- All Day Kindergarten - The business
community has made all-day kindergarten high priority...The Arizona
Republic, January 2005
- English immersion works
fine - ADE study of 70,000 comparative test scores shows English
Immersion students outperformed Bilingual students by large margin...The
Arizona Republic, August 19, 2004
- Fighting the Forces of
Mediocrity - Validity of AIMS...August 2004
- Better education will mean some
changes - In the business world, continuous improvement is the keystone
of effective management... The Arizona Republic, July 23, 2004
- School Consolidation
- A dialogue on the subject of consolidation of schools in Arizona...The
Arizona Republic, December 2003
- AIMS Improvements - Nationally
normed questions on AIMS will show how state's students stack up...
The
Tribune, November 2003
- Arizona education not dumbing
down - We're making strides to lift all students to a higher level
- and that must include the exceptional... The Arizona Republic, October 2003
- English immersion is best for
Arizona students - Three years ago the Legislature passed a law
that states that "the Department of Education shall develop guidelines
for the monitoring of school districts...for the purposes of insuring
compliance with...laws regarding English learners..." Tucson Citizen, September 2003
- Superintendent's Update -
I felt there were eight major problems with the existing system of
accountability and improvement... Arizona School Boards Association, Summer 2003
- Proposal stems flow of schools' red
ink - My proposal is Arizona Saves, a plan to save more than $300
million per year in construction costs... Arizona Daily Star, February 2003
- P.V. Efforts To Assure Safety in Light of Columbine Tragedy -
Here are some of the things we have done in Paradise Valley to assure a safe
environment for students... The Observer, August 1999
- In Addition to Critical Thinking, Student Must Master a Substantial Body of Specific Knowledge -
While students must be able to think critically and know how to acquire new
knowledge, they must have a store of acquired knowledge, a kind of
intellectual capital they bring to that activity... The Observer, November 1998
- P.V. Schools Require High Standards of Behavior from Students -
Behavior that interferes with other students' learning cannot be
tolerated. The Observer, August 1998
- Raised to Serve - John Quincy Adams' educational upbringing
prepared him for his political future... Arizona Journal, February 1998
- Rutherford B. Hayes: One of
The Lost American Presidents - Despite what seems like an
unrealistic attitude to start with, Hayes was a talented officer and finished
the war as a major general... Arizona Journal, March 1998
- Philosophy and Broad
Educational Goals - Tom Horne rewrote the Philosophy and Broad
Educational Goals for the Paradise Valley Unified School District, with input
from other board members. It was adopted in 1988 and remains the
philosophical statement of the Paradise Valley School District.
- Arts Education Is Not a Frill -
Students in schools, whose music and art program is inadequate, or mediocre,
are not receiving an education worthy of the civilization that we have
inherited... The Observer, December 1987
- Our Long-range Objectives - This will be a
long-range view of our objectives, methods of obtaining them, and results
achieved to date... The Observer, February 1985
- Discipline and Test Score Results -
Discipline is a necessary precondition to learning... The Observer, October 1982
- Considering the Qualities Education Should Instill
-
Russell discusses four qualities which education should instill:
vitality, courage, sensitiveness, and intelligence... The Observer, September 1982
- Stiffening Social Studies' Academics Requirements
-
Despite the passage of 23 centuries, we do not know substantially more about
political systems than was known by Aristotle... The Observer, March 1982
- Tom Horne Reports on Discipline - One of
the primary foundations for a first rate school system is effective
discipline... The Observer, February 1982
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