The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill to make the state's tax credit programs for donations for private school scholarships more generous.
Read More »STO supporters hail US Supreme Court ruling as victory for school choice movement 
Supporters of Arizona’s tax credits for scholarships to religious schools hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the program as a major victory for the school choice movement.
Read More »After decade-long fight, Supreme Court leaves private school tax break in place
The Supreme Court rejected a challenge Monday to an Arizona tax break that directs millions of dollars to private religious schools.
Read More »UA students plead with regents not to hike tuition
Some University of Arizona students tried to make their case against a proposed tuition increase at the Tucson school.
Read More »Community college board weighs big tuition hike
The governing board overseeing the Maricopa County Community College District is weighing whether to raise tuition rates by 7 percent as it anticipates deep funding cuts by the state.
Read More »Sources: Senate looking to pass budget this week 
The Senate leadership is pushing to officially introduce and pass a budget proposal this week, multiple sources told the Arizona Capitol Times on Monday.
Read More »Brewer says she’ll resist deeper education cuts
Gov. Jan Brewer says she's going to resist cuts to education funding that would be deeper than those she herself included in her proposed budget.
Read More »Biggs says dump regents; regents say dump Biggs’ bill 
Sen. Andy Biggs wants Arizona’s universities to have the freedom to choose their own paths, but critics of his plan worry that such freedom will incite more infighting than innovating.
Read More »Critics fear ‘jobs bill’ will cut school money 
Nine days after he unveiled an ambitious plan to improve the state’s public schools, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal had a vision of elephants and Alps and Roman legions.
Read More »Arizona’s English immersion program could be unlawful
At a time when one-in-eight students in Arizona qualify for English language services, the state has made controversial and — according to the federal government – possibly unlawful changes to its language education program.
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