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Unsettled strife over Prop. 123 clouds future of education funding
It’s hard to set a course for the future of public education in Arizona when school officials and lawmakers are still feuding about the past.
Governor wants to strip back rules that make it complicated to become a teacher
Four weeks into the 2016 school year, more than 2,000 teacher positions in Arizona were still unfilled. One way lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey want to address the problem: Make it easier to become a teacher.
Pulling at the heartstrings: Lawmakers face a tug of war over unfunded mandates
The scene is familiar at the Legislature’s two education committees. A lawmaker brings a well-meaning bill supported by testimony that pulls at the heart. And as with so many other well-meaning bills over the years, the education groups were there to resist.
State fares poorly in federal report on disparities in nation’s schools
Arizona’s public schools do not fare well when it comes to access to experienced and certified teachers or to advanced math and science classes, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education.
Reversing course, Senate votes to spare Common Core standards
Five Republican senators helped to kill an anti-Common Core bill Wednesday, a day after giving their approval in a preliminary floor vote.
State Senate moves to ban Common Core standards
The Senate today gave preliminary approval to a bill that will prohibit the state from using the Common Core learning standards.
House panel votes down empowerment scholarship bill
Amid warnings of a potential lawsuit, the House Education Committee on Monday killed a bill designed to ensure funding for all students in the state empowerment scholarship account program.
Senator Yee: Personal finance instruction will lead to better choices
When Mitch Ruttenberg teaches economics at Trevor G. Browne High School, he ends each semester with lessons on credit cards, taxes, budgeting and other aspects of personal finance.
Brewer plans renewed push for K-12 performance funding
Among Gov. Jan Brewer's big three priorities for the 2013 legislative session, performance funding for K-12 schools was the one that got left behind.
Effort under way to curb fraud in school voucher program
Legislation to tighten fraud controls for a rapidly expanding voucher- style program that could serve up to 200,000 more students next year is being drafted by the state Department of Education and Goldwater Institute.
