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after being hired that he would be teaching at a nationally ranked school.
The Daily Beast ranked two of BASIS charter schools the Arizona schools in the top 10 in its America’s Best High Schools ranking. A third made the top 30.
The Daily Beast Top High Schools of 2014 gave BASIS Scottsdale the No. 2 spot, while BASIS Oro Valley snagged the No.7 spot. BASIS Tucson North ranked 29th.
history in high school classrooms – or in this case eighth-grade classrooms.”
Zuggi said he was drawn to BASIS Scottsdale because he wanted the chance to teach at a charter school. To his surprise, he found out
“This is finally the kind of history not only that I want to teach, but the way I want to teach it.”
— Joe Zuggi,
BASIS Scottsdale teacher