A first look at the range of data used to determine which Tucson Unified School District schools will close and be consolidated was made publicly available Thursday afternoon. The 31 members of a committee consulting on the reconfiguration — including Tucson political figures, union leaders, business people and parents — were named for the first time […]
Author Archives: Shannon Conner
Shannon Conner is the education solutions reporter for Arizona Luminaria supported by a grant from the Arizona Local News Fund.
A reporter and editor, Shannon’s work has appeared in sports and news sections of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and the Arizona Daily Star. As a reporter, she’s covered the Olympic Trials, NFL and Final Fours, high school cross country and almost everything in between.
Shannon brings years of first-hand experience to the education beat: Parenting two kids in public and charter schools; participating for more than a decade in parent-teacher organizations; and teaching for 12 years as an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Arizona.
Raised in New Mexico, Shannon is a semi-retired cross-country coach for K-8 runners, a Boston Marathon finisher and a certified yoga instructor. She raises a family, runs trails and reports in the Sonoran Desert.
