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Arizona Universities to add 60,000 students by 2025
Expansion of student populations across Arizona’s three major universities is underway as the Arizona Board of Regents approved a new metrics goal for the year 2025.
Test scores for new Arizona test reveal many students fail
The Arizona Department of Education released scores for the state's new standardized test Monday, showing what many already expected: a very low percentage of students passed English and math subjects.
30 years after art heist, museum hopes to get piece back
An empty wooden frame once occupied by Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” sits at the center of a gallery at the University of Arizona’s Museum of Art in Tucson. Next to... […]
Douglas accuses education board of playing games, seeks lawsuit dismissal
A lawsuit by the state Board of Education against state schools chief Diane Douglas should be thrown out because of legal “gamesmanship,” her lawyer is arguing to a judge.
State funding cuts endanger Joint Technical Education Districts, advocates warn
JTED educators across the state warn that these programs could go away in the next few years because of diminished state funding. One administrator calls the most recent budget cut by the State Legislature “non-survivable.”
Paperwork filed for K-12 education campaign
The push for Proposition 123 got its official start as the campaign for the May 17 special election filed its paperwork with the Secretary of State’s Office on Thursday.
Nearly all Phoenix’s Central High seniors apply to college, bucking state trend
Arizona is among the worst states in getting students to college. Last year, about half of graduating high school seniors in the state went to college, according to the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education.
K-12 settlement campaign could raise millions
Anyone wondering how the special election campaign for Proposition 123, the agreement to settle the long-running K-12 funding lawsuit, will shape up should look to 2010 for guidance.
Technical Education Districts continue trying to restore funding
With school districts and charter schools on the verge of benefiting from a settlement ending a school-finance lawsuit, the state’s Joint Technical Education Districts hope to persuade lawmakers to restore money that will disappear next fiscal year.
Barring disaster, school spending limit unlikely to be reached
A spending cap in the K-12 settlement approved by legislators was pounced on by Democratic lawmakers who say the cap will be used in the future to limit spending on schools.
Teacher pay, infrastructure, top priorities as schools prep for new funding
As the campaign gets under way to pass Proposition 123, school leaders are busy calculating their potential take and planning how to spend it.
Eye to eye: Evolution of the school finance deal
A settlement five years in the making was resolved in a matter of about three weeks once both sides in the ongoing K-12 funding lawsuit sat face-to-face for the first time.
