Approximately $11,000 in annual funding for the Coconino County Public Health Services District’s oral health services for elementary school children, provided by the Arizona Department of Health Services, has been renewed through 2023. The Board of Supervisors approved the contract…
Remind, an app used by millions of teachers and students to communicate outside of class, is still planing to end its coverage on Verizon at the end of the month, unless the two sides can come to an official agreement.…
A Tucson High Magnet School teacher has been missing since Sunday, officials say. Elizabeth Breck, 46, was last seen at 3 p.m. in Pinal County near the rural crossroads of East Edwin Road and North Lago Del Oro Parkway, said…
In the auditorium at Lee Williams High School, mixed martial artist Brian Skinner laid out the gritty details of his life story to Eugene Kramer’s students.
Most Americans will not be working Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
U.S. Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos has proposed changes to Title IX, the nearly 50-year old federal law that prohibits sex discrimination at educational institutions that receive federal funding. Title IX was passed in 1972, and since that time the…
Tucson Unified School District was set to host a fundraising breakfast Friday to raise money to take students on a tour of northeastern historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs. The tour is designed to introduce students to campus life…
One program in Arizona believes stopping bullying at school might start at recess. Playworks Arizona believes teaching kids valuable problem-solving skills and inclusiveness on the playground could translate in to better interactions overall. Carson Dodge, a fifth grader at Paidea…
Strong standardized testing scores have helped Arizona’s public charter schools outperform their district counterparts in the state’s letter grade system, an Arizona Charter Schools Association official said. “What we’ve noticed over the last four years is that Arizona charter school…
Dysart Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Quinn Kellis took the leadership role of superintendent this school year for the Dysart Unified School this year for the district and has since implemented his vision with the help of his cabinet and…
The 911 call came in September. A principal at a Sahuarita school had a pre-teen in the nurse’s office who was behaving violently. She’d torn off her fake fingernails with her teeth, spat and cursed at him and repeatedly rammed…
Two high schools on Tucson’s north side will be looking for new coaches for their football programs after resignations were announced last week. Longtime Ironwood Ridge High School football coach Matt Johnson and Mountain View High School’s Clarence “Bam” McRae…
Kevin Opalka was recently appointed to the Sahuarita Unified School District Governing Board.
As the ninth annual fourth-grade water ethic contest came to a close, Coconino County Sustainability Manager Amanda Acheson said she was impressed that every year, county students continue to demonstrate a greater depth of knowledge about the importance of water…
H.B. 2017 looks to end teacher walkouts in Arizona, like the ones seen previously during the height of the Red for Ed movement. Danielle Lerner is talking to the official who proposed this bill and those who are opposed to…
