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Arizona’s public education system could use more money– a point few argue against. The disagreement comes when elected officials and education advocates start talking about how to get there.

The state's top school official is trying to downplay - and in some cases remove entirely - references to evolution in the standards of what students are supposed to be taught in Arizona high schools.

Emails obtained by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting from four school districts show the depth of the relationships construction company executives have cultivated with school district administrators.

Native Americans still lag behind the rest of the country on test scores, graduation rates and school resources.

Arizona teachers went on strike for a shorter period of time, and will end up with higher wages than teachers who walked out before them.

The group responsible for forcing a public vote on the future of vouchers will now help a bit to block "dark money'' in future political campaigns.

Gov. Doug Ducey took a swat Monday at an initiative designed to raise taxes on the wealthy to finance education.

The Arizona Educators United and Red for Ed movement drew an estimated 150,000 teachers, students and public school staff to the Capitol to demand more for education.

Putting aside the adversarial relationship between the Governor’s Office and leaders of the teacher pay movement, both Ducey and Arizona teachers have benefitted from the “Red for Ed” momentum that swept through Arizona this legislative session.

The genesis for the freedom schools is the belief, particularly strong among conservatives, that institutions of higher education are liberal bastions, where conservative views on politics, economics and social issues are under assault.