When Frank Riggs aspired to become governor in 2014, many observers questioned why he did not instead run for superintendent of public instruction, given his education-centric campaign and anti-Common Core yard signs.

Arizona will require public schools to teach cursive handwriting as one of a number of new education standards approved by the state Board of Education.

Various interest groups and Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas are making known their education spending priorities.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas presented a $680 million wish list of education spending Tuesday.

State schools chief Diane Douglas used a public employee and the state email system to announce her endorsement Friday of Donald Trump.

The president of the State Board of Education resigned today, saying the Superintendent of Public Instruction is not allowing Department of Education staff to help the board do its job.

Arizona joined with Texas today to challenge a directive by the Obama administration that schools must let transgender students use restrooms that match their self-proclaimed sexual identity.

The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill settling a yearlong fight between the state's top elected school official and the Board of Education and sent it to Gov. Doug Ducey for action. The House approved the proposal on a 53-6 vote Wednesday. The Senate had approved the bill on a 30-0 vote late Tuesday. House and Senate leaders and Gov. Doug Ducey's office helped negotiated the deal between Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas. Douglas prompted the fight and a series of ongoing lawsuits early last year when she tried to fire the board's top executives. Ducey blocked that firing and the board then moved to new offices outside her building. They also clashed over control of investigators who look into teacher wrongdoing, with the board suing Douglas to force remote access to teacher files she controlled. House Bill 2620 is designed to end the litigation. The board will retain control over its four employees and Douglas will assume oversight of the investigators.

The Senate passed legislation May 3 that will end a year-long court battle between the State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas.

The House Education Committee chairman today reluctantly held a bill that would put an end to a dispute between the State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas.