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Talk of Arizona
Fall 2014
schools to “open up to a whole population of really incredible teachers and people that are knowledgeable about thier subject.”
BASIS Scottsdale economics teacher Isaiah Smart said that the school’s environment fosters the growth of not only their students’ knowledge and intellectuality, but also their own.
"The teachers here are really great; they are all experts,” Smart said. “Even as teachers we go into other classes, and we are like, ‘Wow, even we are learning here.’ ”
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“Even as teachers we go into other classes, and we are like, ‘Wow, even we are learning here.’”
—BASIS Scottsdale economics teacher Isaiah Smart