It was Yee's personal experience as a student journalist in 1991 at Greenway High School in Phoenix, having her stories and cartoons quashed by administrators that first sparked her interest.

A House panel voted 10-1 Monday to protect student journalists despite objections by one lawmaker who feared giving too much power to "children.''

The Arizona Legislature approved the first bill of the legislative session today, sending to Gov. Doug Ducey a measure that would require high school students to pass a civics test in order to graduate.

The Arizona Legislature is set to consider legislation creating a new high school civics test that is a priority for Gov. Doug Ducey.

The Arizona House of Representatives is fast-tracking a bill to create a new high-stakes civics test that high school students would be required to pass before they could graduate.

Arizona high schoolers who can’t name at least one branch of government, define the United States as a capitalist country or at least know Phoenix is the state capitol could find themselves denied a diploma.

A September 2013 poll shows a nearly unanimous desire among adults for personal finance to be taught in America’s high schools. In Arizona, that education is completed in a few weeks during high school students’ economics class, which raises the question: Are Arizona students adequately prepared to manage their finances?

Sen. Kelli Ward hopes to give Arizona students a reprieve from tests like AIMS, which for years prevented high school students from graduating without a passing grade.

Some youth living in the country illegally and pushing for immigration reform burned their high school diplomas in front of the Arizona Attorney General's Office in Phoenix.

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.