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A trial judge expressed some dismay Friday at the latest legal dust-up he's being forced to decide between state schools chief Diane Douglas and the board of education.

Gov. Doug Ducey made his first appointment to the Arizona Board of Regents, selecting Dr. Larry Penley, the former president of Colorado State University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

There’s a growing consensus at the Capitol that Arizona needs to spend more on education, and unfortunately for the state’s university system, it has been focused almost exclusively on K-12.

The first proposals Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas will push as legislation in the 2016 session would allow Native American students to cross state lines for school and the Department of Education to license its new data system.

Parents of students in public schools have no legal right to withdraw their children or opt out of statewide standardized tests, Attorney General Mark Brnovich concluded today.

The Arizona Department of Education will use a federal grant to support new and expanding charter schools.

Board members of a voter-approved organization that funds programs to promote early childhood development are fighting a plan by legislative leaders to raid its dollars to instead increase aid for K-12 education.

The head of a Koch-funded think tank at Arizona State University says it makes more financial sense to spent land trust dollars on current education expenses rather than "hoard'' them for future generations.

The disputes and lawsuits between them are increasing and the communication diminishing. The board’s staff moved out of the Department of Education building in May. Members of the department’s staff aren’t allowed to attend board meetings except under specific circumstances.

Arizona is not producing enough college graduates to fill the high-tech and other professional jobs it will take to finally boost the state out of the basement of personal income, according to a new report released on Oct. 1.