Jack Ward left his family and friends back home in Yorkshire, England when he moved to Phoenix to learn how to make guitars. “I’ve played guitar since I was 9,” he said. “I just want to eventually open up my…
Kitchen on the Street works to close a gap in childhood hunger by giving students bags of nutritious food to eat over the weekend – enough to feed them until they return to school to get meals.
A week after the public learned the results of the state’s new letter grade system and the subsequent A-F labeling of local schools, a small group of parents met to hear from their children’s district on the issue. Steve Chestnut,…
Not long after classes started at Tombstone High School on Wednesday, the campus went into lockdown. Four law enforcement agencies were on scene that morning, some with narcotic detection dogs that performed a sweep of the entire campus. “When I…
The community school which officially opened at O.C. Johnson Thursday should not have happened.
For Mingus Union High School’s theater troupe, it’s all about the whoo-dunnit. At 7 p.m. Friday, ATORT – A Troupe Of Ridiculous Thespians – will begin its 2017-2018 season with Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, known to James Ball at the…
Voters will have their say about the future of Marana Unified School District later this year. Proposition 456, which will appear on the Nov. 7 ballot, allows voters to weigh in on a proposed 3 percent increase to the 10…
We who are able must support the people, because we do not have money to give, but we have energy to give,” Elijah Mliwa said as he picked another fruit from the Peruvian apple cactus and dropped it in the…
Angry parents, frustrated teachers, and a long time superintendent now sitting in the hot seat — that's the drama unfolding at the Liberty Elementary School District right now. The future of Dr. Andrew Rogers was on the table at a…
The state Board of Education released preliminary letter grades for Arizona schools earlier this month, and a number of schools have decided to appeal what they were given — ranging from those that received a relatively high grade of B…
Teachers across the state are grinding their molars this week, after learning how generous Gov. Doug Ducey has been in doling out pay raises … … to his own staff. The Republic’s Craig Harris reports that at least 112 employees who work directly…
Arizona schools are in crisis and are crying for leadership to establish a permanent revenue source for education. Who will champion this effort? Some will turn to elected leaders, expecting them to “do the right thing.” This approach ignores two…
The Payson High School Pride of Payson Marching Band represented well at its first competition of the season at Northern Arizona University on Oct. 14. Out of 10 bands in its division, the PHS band placed second. The musicians brought…
For 13 years running, the Mohave County Procurement Department has been nationally recognized for the job it does. The National Procurement Institute (NPI) recently announced Mohave County would join the ranks of other public and nonprofit organizations to receive the…
UA's Phoenix medical school GME program granted full 10-year accreditation.
