The Arizona Legislature's Senate Education Committee gave due pass recommendations today to bills that would provide up to $80 a month for charter and open enrollment students' transportation costs and would ban school boundaries for attending district schools. Sen. Paul…
Update 2/22/21: House legislators may hear House Bill 2435 soon, which would impose term limits on school board members of two consecutive terms, requires a majority of members on school boards be parents, grandparents or guardians of a student currently…
The Arizona Legislature’s Senate Education Committee approved Senate Bill 1028 Tuesday that would create a task force to discuss allowing special education students to take an alternative assessment that would better measure their academic growth than AzMERIT. SB 1028, sponsored…
What does Gov. Doug Ducey's proposed K-12 education budget for K-12 education look like? Watch the video below to learn details from Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting staff who outlined Arizona's economic outlook and details of Gov. Ducey's…
Many Arizona school districts returned to distance learning after winter break as COVID-19 cases surge, but doing so hurts their budgets, because the state funds distance learners at five percent less than in-person students. Chuck Essigs That is just one…
Pre-K through college teachers looking for high-quality, hands-on math learning they can use in the classroom should register now for Mathematics Educator Appreciation Day held online Jan. 23, 2021 and free for all Arizona teachers and education leaders. More than…
Click here for updates Jan. 11, 2021 and going forward Updated 1/8/21: Teachers are helping students understand, process what they saw and deal with their emotions after white Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, attacked police, damaged Congress and put members…
If you’d like to help students, teachers and schools then set aside a little time this holiday to learn more about tax credit donations to help a program of your choice at Arizona public schools. These tax credit donations allow…
Arizona public schools share what they are doing to deal with the lower-than-expected amount of Enrollment Stabilization Grants that they learned about in letters they received just last week. In June 2020, Gov. Doug Ducey set aside $370 million in…
Parents know how important good teachers are to students’ learning thanks to the distance learning caused by COVID-19, so where does Arizona stand on efforts to increase teachers’ pay? Here’s an update on the lawsuits against Prop. 208 and how…
Overall, the statewide pass rate on school elections in 2020 is somewhat lower than what has occurred in the past, but the results are mixed, said Randie Stein, managing director of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated. Infographic by Muska Olumi/…
Updated Nov. 25: More schools are returning to distance learning as COVID-19 cases surge, and public health officials are expecting it to get worse after Thanksgiving. An update from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health shows just how much…
During National Native American Heritage Month, Native language and culture teachers in Arizona share how including students’ cultures is essential to creating a positive learning environment and increases students' confidence. Culture Teacher Wynona Larson says her third- through sixth-grade students…
The Arizona Department of Education, Arizona Department of Health Services and school leaders held a media conference today asking students' families and communities to limit activities now and during upcoming holidays to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in schools. Supt.…
Arizona school district leaders say money spent to update school ventilation systems this summer and other costs to reduce the spread of COVID-19 when campuses re-opened is just one example of how a lack of inspections by the Arizona School…
Sara Wyffels, a Spanish teacher at Chandler High School, is the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2021 Teacher of the Year. "What I'm really passionate about it the power that language has to connect one another," Wyffels said. "In this time in…