Posted by David Safier | Tucson Weekly
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I’m a little late for the party. The Star covered WaPo’s Most Challenging High Schools list a week ago. But I was out of town, so now I’m making up for lost time.
The reason this is a big story locally is that three Tucson schools cracked the top ten, including two BASIS charters. BASIS Oro Valley is number one and BASIS Tucson North is number six. So what does the list mean? Here’s a hint. The two BASIS campuses are both fairly new, as is BASIS Chandler, which came in number two. The more established BASIS campuses scored lower.
