Arizona schools have not lived up to the 2018 school year promise to increase teacher pay by 20% by this past year. A new report by the state Auditor General’s Office found that statewide average salaries are up just 16.5%, ...
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House votes to mandate parent-teacher disclosure 
The state House voted 31-28 Thursday to require teachers to disclose to parents some of what their students tell them in confidence or risk being disciplined. HB 2161, approved on a party-line vote, would spell out in state law that ...
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Teachers make the world go around.
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Alicia Williams is the executive director State Board of Education, but is often mistaken for a kindergarten teacher.
Read More »Brandy Wells: The science of public policy and pugs 
Brandy Wells has passion – for science, for public policy, even for pugs.
Read More »Charter school accused of using state money to teach religious doctrine
A national organization filed suit Wednesday against an Arizona charter school with ties to a member of the state Board of Education, accusing it of using state funds to illegally teach religious doctrine.
Read More »Ed Board sues schools’ chief over access to teacher files, website 
The State Board of Education filed suit as promised today to force Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas to follow its orders.
Read More »Teacher raped in prison files $4 million claim against Dept of Corrections
An Arizona teacher who was left alone in a classroom and then raped by a convicted sex offender filed a $4 million claim on Thursday against the state Department of Corrections.
Read More »Left alone with a sex offender, a teacher is raped in AZ prison
A teacher at an Arizona prison was alone in a room full of sex offenders before being stabbed and sexually assaulted by a convicted rapist, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press about an attack that highlighted major security lapses at the facility.
Read More »House approves “academic intervention” bill 
Students with poor grades may have to buckle down on their studies before they can play in the football game or dance on the cheerleading team if a bill approved by the House on March 4 becomes law.
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