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AZ Educators Attend National Education Association Annual Meeting

Arizona Edition - This week in Denver, thousands of teachers from across the country will gather for the National Education Association’s annual meeting.  Hot topics this year include Common Core, standardized testing and school safety.

Leading a delegation of Arizona educators to the national meeting is Andrew Morrill, President of the Arizona Education Association.  Morrill says the Representative Assembly at the NEA’s annual meeting, a sort of teacher’s congress, is always lively and sometimes, contentious.  KAWC’s Lou Gum spoke with Morrill as he prepared to leave for Denver…(originally aired 06/25/14).

This piece was featured in the June 25th Arizona Edition.  Other pieces featured in the show can be found below in the related content section.

Lou grew up in Tucson and has a long family history in the state of Arizona. He began his public radio career in 1988 at KNAU in Flagstaff as a classical music DJ and has been hooked on public radio since, transitioning to news after trying his hand at several other careers in publishing and commercial broadcasting. Lou has a degree in American Studies from Arizona State University and was KAWC's Morning Edition host for two and half years before becoming News and Operations Director.