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Bill to ease tribal teacher shortage stalled in Congress
Teachers have been in short supply across Arizona, including schools run by Native American tribes.
Embattled ex-school leader launches advisory group
The state’s largest elementary school district is contemplating cutting ties with the Arizona School Boards Association and employing the services of a another policy provider.
Trial over school funding begins Tuesday
But Arizona schools are finally going to get their day in court – well, more like a month – in their bid to convince a judge the state is not living up to its constitutional obligation to adequately fund education.
UA offers new degrees in response to job market
New degrees added to the University of Arizona reflect a more creative, problem solving focused professional environment with new areas of study pertaining to consumer retail and innovation.
Most Arizonans agree post-secondary education a must
Found in an Education Forward survey, 90% of voters on both sides of the aisle agree that post-secondary education improves quality of life.
Bill would get state involved in student discipline
Schools whose administrators don't impose discipline at least three out of every four times requested by a teacher would lose academic standings under the terms of legislation given preliminary approval Wednesday by the state House.
New voucher rulebook delayed a year for parent input
Following backlash from parents in the Empowerment Scholarship Account program and Republican lawmakers, the State Board of Education adopted last year’s program handbook in lieu of approving a new redlined draft from the Arizona Department of Education today.
Horne backs lawsuit to end dual-language learning for non-English speakers
A parent, sought out by Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, filed a lawsuit against Creighton Elementary School District claiming its use of dual language models to teach English Language Learners to be illegal under a 2000 ballot measure requiring public school students be taught English by being taught in English.
9th Circuit hears Arizona case on transgender athletes
Two unnamed transgender girls brought the suit against Horne last year, claiming Senate Bill 1165, signed into law by former Gov. Doug Ducey in 2022, violates the Equal Protection clause, Title IX and the Americans with Disability Act
Open enrollment closed to students with disabilities
Students with disabilities who try to enroll in a school outside their district through the state’s open enrollment program are often met with denials based on a lack of capacity in special education programs.
Mayes blames lawmakers for making voucher program ‘easy to target for fraud’
Three former Empowerment Scholarship Account employees are accused of defrauding the program of more than $600,000 by using falsified birth certificates and disability diagnoses to enroll five adults, seven children and five “ghost children.”
Arizona public schools struggle to fill teaching positions as leaders brainstorm school staffing solutions
Public school educators say they are some of the most underpaid and overworked employees in the country.
