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The hopes and dreams of a coalition of educators, business figures, politicians and others that is advocating for kindergarten to become a full-day grade in Arizona will likely hinge solely on whether they can earn the support of Gov. Doug Ducey.

Local administrators and educators are utilizing creative techniques to deal with Arizona’s chronic teacher shortage from a recruitment perspective as well as how to use the limited supply of qualified teachers in the most effective way.

The drumbeat of support to fund full-day kindergarten is growing louder as lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey prepare for the 2017 legislative session.

Saying it’s critical to fill the jobs of the future, Gov. Doug Ducey wants to have 60 percent of Arizonans earning something more than a high school diploma by 2030.

Arizona’s letter-grading system to measure how well schools are teaching students is on hold while the state school board makes changes.

A Florida evangelical non-profit group enlisted hundreds of Arizonans to write Gov. Doug Ducey and demand an end to Arizona public schools teaching of Islam, even though there is no evidence of it.

A national organization filed suit Wednesday against an Arizona charter school with ties to a member of the state Board of Education, accusing it of using state funds to illegally teach religious doctrine.

State schools chief Diane Douglas used a public employee and the state email system to announce her endorsement Friday of Donald Trump.

Arizona's attorney general says the state's private elementary, middle and high schools can allow guns on campus.

A non-political process for appointing school board members was the political undoing for Maricopa County Schools Superintendent Don Covey.