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Supporters of a plan to set aside some trust land as open space while moving to generate more money for schools want lawmakers to consider the issue during a special session, an organizer said. Proposed for the state’s November 2004 ...

The Arizona Civil Liberties Union has asked local education officials to remove two face-recognition cameras from a Phoenix middle school. The cameras, installed in mid-December at Royal Palm Middle School, 8520 W. 19th Ave., are designed to detect faces of ...

Arizonans who play a dual role as state legislators and school board members get a first hand look at the needs of education, which gives them a better understanding of student progress and affords them the opportunity to provide their ...

Bills To Cover School Start Times, District Consolidation, Bullying

Adele Russell, principal of Maryland Elementary School in the Washington School District, may have reason to feel anxious as the state of Arizona moves in to examine her school. After all, last year the school in Phoenix received its second ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says Arizona has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to allow flexibility in the testing of students with significant cognitive disabilities. The agreement will allow what is known as out-of-level testing ...

One of the primary goals of the Maricopa Skill Center is to help residents of Maricopa County and beyond, 16 years and older, achieve economic self-sufficiency. Continuing education at a college or university doesn’t always fit into everyone’s plans. Our ...

Proposed Bill Calls

Move Can Lead To Administrative Bloat, Fewer Dollars For Classrooms

Although the primary election is still seven-and-a-half months away, a race for a key Senate seat is heating up. It’s a race, so far, that pits two Republicans who have one thing in common — improved education in Arizona. But ...