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Education groups to renew efforts at tax on rich to fund education
Education activists said Monday they will try again to ask voters to tax Arizona’s richest to pay for public education.
Bill bans sex ed in elementary, middle schools
A Republican senator wants to bar schools from teaching sex education before seventh grade. The bill from Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, also deletes “homosexuality” from acts constituting “sexual conduct” in... […]
4 Tucson schools fall to an ‘F’ after letter-grade appeals
Four schools in Tucson's major school districts dropped from a D to an F after the Board of Education finalized letter grades issued by the Arizona Department of Education.
Legislative panel recommends more money for state’s gifted students
A legislative panel on Monday recommended increasing funding for gifted education, ending years of the state’s brightest students being in a budgetary limbo.
University of Phoenix strikes $191 million deal to settle false advertising claims
A Phoenix-based national university known for promoting its programs has agreed to pay a record $191 million to settle claims it used deceptive advertising to attract prospective students.
Ylenia Aguilar: A new citizen cast her first ballot for herself
The American Dream means different things to different people, but to Ylenia Aguilar, it meant being able to vote for herself in the first election she was able to vote as an American citizen.
Conservative groups plan to sue ADE over voucher funds
Two legal organizations intend to sue state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman over the state’s school voucher program on behalf of a military parent who claims her family isn’t receiving funds in a timely manner.
Siman Qaasim: Advocacy in a changing world
There’s a new president and CEO at one of Arizona’s most prolific nonprofit and nonpartisan lobbying groups.
Most school bond issues, budget overrides appear to be passing
Arizona voters appear poised to approve bond issuances and budget overrides in the majority of the state’s school districts, according to provisional early voting results released by county governments late last night.
Schools chief asks for more money to probe teacher misconduct
The state’s schools chief says the team in charge of investigating teacher misconduct claims is understaffed and overworked, and she wants enough money to double the staff.
English immersion repeal priority of schools chief, Dems, GOP
Reyna Montoya was a math whiz, but she didn’t speak English when she was 13.
Republicans paint Democrat Hoffman as state’s political fiend
The 2018 election gave Arizona Democrats their biggest wins in a decade, with three statewide victories and narrower margins in the state House.
