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Funding the waiting lists: Questions surround Ducey’s promise to get more children into high-performing schools
One of the biggest unanswered questions from Doug Ducey’s gubernatorial campaign is exactly how he will carry out his plan to “fully fund the wait lists” at Arizona’s top-performing charter and district schools.
Schools chief debate focuses largely on Common Core
In her first appearance before a broader audience than the Tea Party, GOP Superintendent of Public Instruction Candidate Diane Douglas stuck to her main topic of repealing Common Core, the state’s learning standards.
Congressman asks for investigation of state schools superintendent in robocall case
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is calling on the federal government to investigate whether state Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal broke federal law by providing telephone numbers for a recorded telephone pitch he gave Feb. 11 for empowerment scholarships.
Judge: TUSD must release the names of candidates
A judge has ruled in favor of a newspaper in a lawsuit filed against Tucson Unified School District over the names of superintendent candidates.
Newspaper presses Tucson school district to release candidate names
A newspaper is pressing the Tucson Unified School District to release the names and application materials of the candidates it considered for the superintendent's job.
Troubled Tucson schools eye ending software system
TUCSON ai??i?? The troubled Tucson school district is thinking of dropping its $10 million software system after years of trying to get it working properly.
Tucson names Texas educator as new superintendent
TUCSON ai??i?? The Tucson Unified School District has selected a new next superintendent. The district's governing board voted 4-1 Tuesday to appoint Heliodoro Torres Sanchez to lead Tucson schools after John Pedicone announced his resignation in March.
Education dilemma — what to do with vacant school buildings
The Goldwater Institute is proposing a policy that would require school districts to sell their vacant buildings within 18 months and close down and sell failing schools with low enrollments.
School board mulls $84 million desegregation plan
TUCSON ai??i?? The Tucson Unified School District is mulling a plan to spend as much as $84.5 million to desegregate its schools.
Federal court upholds ethnic studies prohibition
A federal court has upheld the constitutionality of Arizona's law that prohibits public schools from offering courses that teach ethnic solidarity.
Tucson district to begin new cultural studies program
All eyes will be on Tucson Unified School District in the next year as it establishes a court-ordered “culturally relevant” classes.
And while most are going to see how the process unfolds, Attorney General Tom Horne is certain the curriculum merely will be a resurrected version of the banned Mexican American Studies program because the new classes are under development by the same [...]
Tucson district board backs cultural courses
TUCSON ai??i?? The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board is reversing itself by voting to drop an objection to providing so-called "culturally relevant" courses for core credit beginning next school year.
