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Bogus Higley school election arguments exclude legitimate views
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and the chairman of a political action committee plan to push for a law to keep political imposters and other mischief out of voter pamphlets for school elections.
School administrators scrambling, again, to hire teachers as school year looms
Arizona officials say there are at least 1,000 vacant teacher positions to fill, with just weeks left until the school year starts around the state.
Group seeks funds to market positives of public schools
Amid perceptions that Gov. Doug Ducey favors charter schools over traditional public schools, a fledgling education group is asking school districts to contribute money to promote the successes of traditional public schools.
Ducey will seek more trust land money for schools
Ducey’s office today (June 3) called a meeting of education officials, during which he laid out a plan to increase the amount of money from trust land sales that goes to K-12, according to a source familiar with the governor’s plans.
State officials say district-sponsored charter schools have no reason to worry
Several district-sponsored charter schools were in a panic about the possibility that because lawmakers omitted a line in the state budget, they could be on the hook to repay the state millions of dollars of funding from previous years.
State education officials ask for investigation of testing
Arizona education officials have asked the state Attorney General's Office to investigate possible cheating at seven schools where officials say some students' answers on standardized tests were erased and changed to the correct answer at a higher-than-normal rate.
Many Arizona classrooms vulnerable to measles spread
Many kindergarten classrooms in Arizona are vulnerable to the spread of measles because so few students have been vaccinated.
New state law limits when schools can use restraint, seclusion
A 2014 report by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights found that students covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act were disproportionately restrained and secluded.
State Board of Education to review Common Core standards
The State Board of Education has voted to create a committee to review Arizona's Common Core standards for math and reading.
Education secretary: Early childhood programs key to state, nation
Investing in early childhood development reduces the dropout rate, teen pregnancy and prison costs while producing a better-educated workforce, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Tuesday.
Dept. of Ed: State won’t lose federal funds over Common Core changes
A top official at the Arizona Department of Education said the state can make changes to Common Core without jeopardizing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, thanks to an agreement it reached with a national group that helped craft the K-12 academic standards.
Legislature approves vouchers for all reservation students
Senate Bill 1332 is designed to give children on reservations more school choice. It is backed by the Center for Arizona Policy, a social-conservative group that is a powerful lobbying voice at the Capitol.
