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A bill designed to prevent future fights over who controls employees of the state Board of Education died Wednesday in the Arizona House after conservatives revolted against what they saw...
Ward expects to revive bill to resolve role of state school board administrators
A bill that would settle the dispute between the governor and the state’s education chief was held Tuesday in the Senate Appropriations Committee, but the measure’s sponsor expects it...
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‘Fired’ Board of Education employees allowed back to work
The standoff at the Arizona Department of Education ended quietly as state schools Superintendent Diane Douglas complied with the Board of Education’s deadline for allowing two board employees back to...
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Room to expand: the pros and cons of Ducey plan for vacant schoolrooms
For some Arizona charter school operators, Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposal to allow high-performing schools with large wait lists to use other schools’ vacant facilities was a big step toward...
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Arizona schools rank low in administrative costs, high in support costs
Gov. Doug Ducey’s initiative to get more money into classrooms is going to meet resistance from educators. They don’t necessarily agree that more money directed to teachers and school supplies...
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School freeze – Educators push for delay in test repercussions
Arizona public schools would get a one-year freeze on consequences from a new high-stakes learning test under legislation the state Department of Education plans to offer during the next session....
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US education officials: Arizona an at-risk state
School Superintendent John Huppenthal (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography) The U.S. Department of Education says Arizona is a high-risk state for failing to meet various...
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Arizona law on third-grade reading mandate goes live
Even as many districts and individual schools have ramped up their instruction, this year’s implementation of a 2010 state law may mean an estimated 1,500 Arizona third-graders will be denied...
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Judge: TUSD must release the names of candidates
A judge has ruled in favor of a newspaper in a lawsuit filed against Tucson Unified School District over the names of superintendent candidates. The Arizona Daily Star filed the...
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Brewer vetoes new payment plan for small district
The superintendent of a three-school district about 50 miles west of Phoenix says teacher layoffs and larger class sizes are likely now that Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill...
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Tucson names Texas educator as new superintendent
[caption id="attachment_35990" align="alignleft" width="232" caption="Supporters of the Tucson ethnic studies program in the Tuscan Unified School District protest Monday, May 9, 2011 outside the Arizona Department of Education in Phoenix....