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With five Republican contenders dividing the vote, the GOP primary race for Superintendent of Public Instruction is too close to call.

The Arizona Department of Education and a school choice advocacy group place blame on each other for the dismal acceptance rate among Indian children who apply for school vouchers.

Nine months after the Arizona Department of Education notified schools it had misallocated millions in funding for special education programs, the federal government has approved a plan to correct the error.

If voters approve the voucher expansion law in November, many believe those changes would be locked in under the Voter Protection Act.

After 14 years as a for-profit university, Grand Canyon University turned back the clock and reverted back to its non-profit status as of today.

The state Board of Education won't be weighing whether to discipline tens of thousands of teachers who walked out during the #RedForEd strike -- at least not yet.

More than 280 aging -- and presumably high-polluting -- school buses are going to be replaced, at no cost to Arizona taxpayers.

"I believe in God,'' the governor said.

Arizona lawmakers, roundly criticized this year over poorly funded public schools, want to make one thing clear: They’re not the ones responsible for giving teachers raises.

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.