They are only in high school but they already have their sights set on the Valley’s booming tech industry. Phoenix Coding Academy is wrapping up summer session and getting ready for a new class to start in August. ABC15 Mornings…
In his first year as the Peoria Unified School District Superintendent, Dr. Darwin Stiffler received a good report card for the 2016-17 school year — good enough to receive a bonus. He received a $9,107 incentive for meeting four of…
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math might be intimidating for many students, but a popular toy could help quell the anxiety. Kingman FIRST Robotics, Team 60 coaches and high school science teachers Celeste Lucier and Jody Schanaman, along with Team 60…
Kofa High School’s Junior State of America chapter recently placed third in the nation for the JSA National Civic Impact Award.
Andrew Gutierrez graduated from Mohave High School earlier this month. In September, he is planning to head off to college, most likely to the University of Washington, in pursuit of a physical therapy degree and possibly a career in sports…
Elementary school employees are going to get a pay raise this year.
Summer vacation started for five Willcox Middle School students by visiting Washington D.C. and New York City. The students visited many of the historic sites around the nation’s capital, including many memorials such as the Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, World…
Local cartoonist Russ Kazmierczak, Jr. is the author and artist for the “Amazing Arizona Comics” series, now up to issue No. 32. Recently, Kazmierczak took part in a 24-Hour Comic Challenge to raise money and awareness for Read Better Be…
Judges at the National History Day National Competition at the University of Maryland had some complimentary things to say and some suggestions on how to improve for the four Chino Valley High School students who attended the event June 11-15. …
A retention bonus of $550,000 makes Michael Crow the top salary earner in '16 as a growing number of universities rely on non-profit foundations to supplement president salaries.
Being an educator has had a profound effect on longtime Scottsdale resident Lance Huffman. Mr. Huffman contends the profound effect his career in education has had on him thus far has awakened a desire to be an agent of change…
The state's largest community college district will ask the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling saying young immigrants granted deferred deportation status are not eligible for lower in-state college tuition. The Maricopa County Community College District board…
The derogatory comments former Arizona School Superintendent John Huppenthal made online continue to follow him around, years after he first posted them anonymously. Among other comments, Huppenthal previously referred to Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies program as the…
Both the House and Senate health-care bills would be bad news for Arizona’s elderly, poor, disabled, women and children, according to panelists at a forum Monday sponsored by Tucson Medical Center. But not making decisions that would cut costs would…
A Northern Arizona University professor is looking for residents over the age of 60 to find ways for people to use exercise to age in a heathier way. NAU physiologist Tinna Traustadottir recently received a $451,000 grant from the National…
