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ASU president urges state to adopt college degree goals
Arizona State University President Michael Crow is urging lawmakers to set a college-attainment goal aimed at increasing the number of Arizona residents with college degrees or certificates.
Lyfting up AZ in the ride against Uber regulation
Consider it the annual tease: Ducey today unveiled his priorities for the year, but while he sprinkled his state of the state speech with some details, the public will have to wait until he releases his budget on Friday for more meat. He struck a hopeful note, saying Arizona is “on the rise,” and vowed to keep the state on that trajectory with lower taxes, reduced regulations and improved educ[...]
Tribes, governments move to reverse struggles of state’s Native American students
Arizona has the third-highest population of American Indians in the country and is home to 22 federally recognized tribes. And though it has the second-largest Native American student population in the country, children and teens are failing standardized tests and dropping out of school at higher rates than any other group, according to the Arizona Department of Education’s 2014 Indian Education[...]
Prop 123 campaign announces $1.75M raised
The campaign for Proposition 123 has raised nearly $2 million, thanks to the largesse of Arizona’s business community.
Year in Review: Classrooms vs. cells – spending on prisons increases faster than on education
As lawmakers developed the fiscal year 2016 spending plan, an unofficial rallying point among the education and human services communities was that the prison system is growing at the expense of schools and children.
Douglas recall effort fails
A highly publicized effort to recall state schools chief Diane Douglas is folding this morning after gathering fewer than 10 percent of the signatures realistically needed to force an election.
More than four dozen file statements opposing Prop. 123
Opposition is building to a measure that slid through the Legislature that asks voters to approve a plan to tap a trust account to boost education funding.
Study finds foster kids lag far behind in academics
An Arizona study has found that foster children have the state's highest dropout rate and one of the lowest graduation rates.
Ducey to roll out ‘enhanced’ achievement district plan in 2016
Gov. Doug Ducey’s signature education initiative from the 2015 legislative session has been slow in getting off the ground, largely owing to the off-session focus on setting the long-running K-12 funding lawsuit.
Panel recommends bonuses for teachers in difficult schools
Arizona needs to pay teachers more to choose and remain in the profession, a panel appointed by Gov. Doug Ducey told him on Dec. 2
Test scores for new Arizona test reveal many students fail
The Arizona Department of Education released scores for the state's new standardized test Monday, showing what many already expected: a very low percentage of students passed English and math subjects.
How the teacher shortage in education impacts all of us
As a young girl growing up, when people would inadvertently ask me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My answer would most assuredly be, “A teacher.” Teaching was a proud profession, one I and others I knew aspired to be part of. My parents had always stressed the importance of education in our home and for me; the ability to influence lives and inspire others was the perfect comb[...]
