The University of Arizona will receive $3 million in NASA funding over three years to study asteroids, while also providing opportunities for minority students not typically found in STEM programs, the university announced. Through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education…
For years, Arizona teachers have struggled to make ends meet, while working in classrooms that are overcrowded, under-supplied and falling apart. This reality came to a climax last year, when the Red for Ed movement descended onto the capital and…
It's back-to-school season, and this time of year can be expensive! So, we're revealing events and tools to help you save! One event you can check out is Tools 4 Schools, providing free meals, supplies bags, notebooks, writing utensils and…
National data show early childhood education to be one of the most effective economic investment communities can make. A community-wide effort to implement the Pima County Preschool Investment Program is underway, hoping to make the county a statewide leader in…
The Maricopa esports league was launched Saturday with its first event, Personal Computer Building 101, where the participants created the motherboard of a desktop computer. Kids were eager to experience an activity that some may find challenging.
A current Scottsdale school board member has asked the state's top law enforcement agency to investigate whether the former board violated Arizona's Open Meeting Law. The Arizona Attorney General's Office is investigating. Board member Jann-Michael Greenburg filed a complaint with…
For the second year, the Launch Pad Teen Center hopes to be on the receiving end of adventure-minded benefactors willing to combine a rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon with asking for donations to allow area teens to pursue their…
The 2019-2020 school year is just around the corner. Kingman Unified School District spent the first half of the week preparing and training its new teachers during New Teacher Inductions.
Sierra Unified School District this week completed the schedules for bus routes for their elementary schools, Joyce Clark Middle School and Buena High School.
To help get kids ready for school after summer break, the City of Yuma will put on its ninth annual Back to School Rodeo Saturday at the Yuma Civic Center.
Two Humboldt Unified School District classified employees received accolades and the VIP of the Month award at the HUSD Governing Board meeting July 9.
That is the target number of interns Dr. Waheed Zehri said he hoped to place for this summer, through a new program. Zehri, founder and CEO of Tri-State Youth Internship and Leadership, said local employers took on 35 interns. “The…
Hopefully, parents of elementary-aged students are free today to attend a free math workshop. The session starts at 6 p.m. July 18 at the Lake Havasu High School library.
Parents hoping to have their children immunized at the annual health fair for kids should prepare now. The free Back-to-School Fair is but three weeks away on Aug. 3 at the Aquatic Center. A large part of that preparation is…
The Casa Grande Union High School District’s 2019-20 budget calls for a 21 percent increase in the athletic budgets for Casa Grande Union and Vista Grande high schools, although some of that is likely to go to other activities.
