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Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas is advocating for a permanent extension and expansion of Proposition 301, a sales tax to fund public education that expires after 2020.

Gov. Doug Ducey is defending controversial legislation he sought - and is expected to sign -which would allow more people without formal teacher training to lead a public school classroom.

A school choice group once chaired by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is running advertisements thanking Arizona’s governor and legislature for expanding school vouchers here.

A GOP consultant is lining up separate citizen initiatives to put more money into classrooms and cap the pay of administrators.

Legislation designed to protect student journalists from censorship has hit a roadblock Thursday amid criticism from some lawmakers that they're not entitled to those protections.

Arizona’s business community is doing a poor job of communicating its needs to educators, panelists at an education event, said Tuesday.

Two more candidates have joined the 2018 race for superintendent of public instruction, and neither challenger to Republican Diane Douglas had kind words for the incumbent.

Gov. Doug Ducey’s push for a universal school-voucher program has fractured his relationship with advocates and groups he needed in the past and will need in the future as he tries to secure his legacy on K-12 education.

Five current and former Arizona teachers of the year told Gov. Doug Ducey today that they feel betrayed after he signed an expansion of vouchers last week.

Tuition and some fees at Arizona's public universities will be going up.