Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas got a symbolic victory today when she convinced her fellow Board of Education members to vote to cut ties with Common Core.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Patricia Starr will not rescind her ruling that state schools chief Diane Douglas acted illegally in trying to control the actions of the Board of Education.

The conversation about education in Arizona is finally shifting to focus on incentivizing excellence in all schools, rather than exclusively pouring resources, time, and energy into the failing ones that never improve. This is a thrilling change, and one I have waited on for many years. It has given me a renewed sense of excitement about Arizona’s education policy landscape and a hope for a new era of possibility.

A voter initiative that would legalize marijuana in Arizona and add a tax to help fund education has an adamant opponent in the state superintendent of public instruction.

The State Board of Education today directed its administrator to fill vacant jobs, potentially sparking further litigation from Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas.

A judge presiding over the legal dispute between Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas and the Board of Education said Friday she will rule on a motion to dismiss the case as soon as possible.

Another disagreement between the State Board of Education and the Department of Education led by Diane Douglas could leave children in failing schools without a plan to improve their reading.

In January, new state Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas offered a message to state leaders: “Stop the madness.” But events since then suggest the madness was only starting.

Police are investigating threats made against the state schools chief and the former Senate minority leader, according to Arizona Department of Education Chief of Staff Michael Bradley.

A state senator is proposing to strip state schools chief Diane Douglas of much of her control over employees of the Board of Education.