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Board of Ed orders Douglas to allow fired employees back to work
The State Board of Education ordered Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas to allow two board staffers back to work, two days after she attempted to fire them and barred them from the Arizona Department of Education Building.
Board of Education to meet today about schools chief’s firings
The Arizona Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting for today that was apparently prompted by the firings of the board's executive director by the state schools chief.
Board seeks $5.5 million increase to pay for new Common Core test
The state Board of Education has awarded a $19 million a year contract to a Washington D.C.-based non-profit to provide the state’s new K-12 achievement test for the Common Core standards.
State Board of Education to consider new test
The Arizona Board of Education today is scheduled to consider selecting a new test for assessing whether public school students' learning satisfies state standards.
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.
State school board to wade into English-immersion program fight
Vince Yanez understands what the Arizona Board of Education could be getting in to this year when it begins a “systematic review” of the state’s English Language Learner program.
Senators defeat attempt to nullify Common Core education standards
Arizona senators defeated a sweeping amendment Monday aimed at preventing the state from participating in the Common Core and placing responsibility for approving educational standards in the hands of lawmakers.
Eddie Basha, Arizona grocery store magnate dies at 75
Eddie Basha, chairman and CEO of a family-owned grocery store chain that grew to more than 160 stores around Arizona under his four-decade guidance, died Tuesday. He was 75.
Board of Education wants quicker intervention in failing schools
As Arizona schools are days away from knowing where they stand in the state’s new performance rating system, the Board of Education has drawn up proposals to give the state more authority over low-performing schools.
