Students and teachers at Arizona schools are no longer going to be required by the state to wear masks.

Fortunately, doing what’s best for students is also usually best for the economy. Arizona’s public schools are not the enemy. They are the way to restore public trust and confidence, and the surest sign that Arizona is coming back. We can come back weaker, or we can come back stronger.

The head of the House Education Committee wants the Department of Education to turn loose $85 million to help forestall anticipated teacher layoffs.

School choice proponents contend that the pandemic has exposed flaws in the state’s existing education system and opened the door for creative solutions as students return to the physical classroom.

Pressure is building on Gov. Doug Ducey to scrap the idea of setting a firm date for students to be back in classrooms.

While President Trump and his administration try to push schools across the country to reopen, Arizona is facing a situation where positive COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket and teachers who don’t feel safe returning to the classroom might retire. School ...

As teachers, students and their families eagerly wait to hear when they will return to the classroom, education policy wonks, advocates and school districts are trying to figure out how they’ll spend coming federal money.

When Tim Ogle retires from his post as executive director of the Arizona School Boards Association later this year, he’ll mark the end of an eight-year term that included a high-profile school funding lawsuit and the growing prominence of public education in political discussions.

Arizona schools will have to wait another school year to hire new counselors and cops.

A new law making it harder for voters to put their own measures on the ballot will remain on the books, at least for now.