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Advocates push media literacy training in schools

Local advocates are trying to get Arizona legislators to adopt media literacy programs in schools but Democrats say they are giving up on the idea because...

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Schools chief asks for more money to probe teacher misconduct

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) The state’s schools chief says the team in charge of investigating teacher misconduct claims is...

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Board of Education approves money for counselors, cops

The Arizona State Board of Education voted Monday to expedite a process that will award $20 million to schools to hire new counselors and cops. Board members had previously balked...

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Board of Ed to sit on $20M earmarked for cops and counselors

Arizona schools may  have to wait another school year to hire new counselors and cops. Lawmakers this year appropriated an additional $20 million to the state’s school safety program, which...

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Board of Ed scraps proposal on sex education rules

State schools chief Kathy Hoffman and Luke Narducci, president of the state Board of Education, listen Monday to a parade of parents object to proposed changes...

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Board of education votes to settle ‘no promo homo’ lawsuit

Weeks after the Legislature voted to repeal Arizona’s no promo homo’ statute, the Arizona State Board of Education unanimously voted Monday to settle the lawsuit that prompted the change. In...

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Legislator proposes law to ban politics from classroom

Rep. Mark Finchem Rep. Mark Finchem wants the State Board of Education to craft an educator code of ethics explicitly prohibiting politicking in the classroom –...

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Alicia Williams: An educator who can post up

Alicia Williams PHOTO BY KATIE CAMPBELL/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES Alicia Williams is often mistaken for a kindergarten teacher. And sure, she’s put some serious thought into going...

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New regents president eyes changes as opportunity

Eileen Klein (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ai??i?? Eileen Klein, the new president of the Arizona Board of Regents, intends to help...

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