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A sharp drop in the number of youngsters in Arizona kindergartens this year due to COVID-19 could have ripple effects for years to come on their education.

An average 20% boost in teacher salaries in the past four years has apparently done little to entice people into the classroom and keep experienced staffers there.

Northern Arizona University President Rita Cheng announced Tuesday she will not seek an extension of her contract that expires in 2022.

A measure to boost taxes on the state's most wealthy can't go on the November ballot because the description of the measure fails to inform voters of what it really does, a judge ruled late Friday.

While President Trump and his administration try to push schools across the country to reopen, Arizona is facing a situation where positive COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket and teachers who don’t feel safe returning to the classroom might retire. School ...

A two-week delay in the start of in-classroom learning ordered by Gov. Doug Ducey may give schools more time to prepare to teach in the middle of the pandemic. But that assumes students are going to show up on August ...

Officials at all three of the state’s public universities are gearing up for welcoming students back to classes in a midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has spiked sharply in recent weeks. Arizona State University, University of Arizona, and Northern ...

No corner of the country has been spared from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. And although the virus has been with us since winter, only now is Arizona experiencing a full-on assault. Thanks to the state’s three public universities ...

Arizona schools will divide up $270 million in federal cash to help them get started when classes resume.

As teachers, students and their families eagerly wait to hear when they will return to the classroom, education policy wonks, advocates and school districts are trying to figure out how they’ll spend coming federal money.