Congress asked the Bureau of Indian Education what it intends to do about the “deplorable conditions” in its facilities as some members suggested disbanding BIE altogether or putting it under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Education.
Hundreds of children in Arizona are living in group homes or treatment facilities, rather than in a family environment. A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found in a recent year, 14 percent of the 14,000 children in…
Paula Loomis is looking to almost triple the amount of children who will be fed for free this summer through the Summer Food Service Program. Last year, the program lasted 39 days and averaged 310 children a day, or 12,067…
Peoria Unified School District voters will be asked to allow the district to exceed its state-approved level of spending for day-to-day operations and maintenance by 13 percent beginning in July 2016 through June 2021 in a move officials say is…
The Museum of Northern Arizona has made it all the way to top -- or at least to the White House. First Lady Michelle Obama and a federal museum and library official presented the 2015 National Medal for Museum and Library…
Unseasonably cool weather became one final obstacle for the resilient Class of 2015 of Page High School Saturday night.
With the end of the school year fast approaching, Bradshaw High School seniors are readying themselves for summer fun, family vacations and, of course, preparing for their futures.
Arizona’s educational system is one of the worst funded in the nation. So at many traditional public schools, classes like literature, philosophy and visual art have been scaled down or cut completely in recent years. But at the state’s largest…
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas has asked Maricopa Country Superior Court to rule that she, in essence, controls the staff of the Arizona State Board of Education. In a motion filed just before the close of business Friday,…
All Flagstaff Unified School District employees will get small raises next year.
Saddleback Elementary School celebrated Thursday afternoon after winning a grant thanks to Physical Education teacher Marami Abbadessa.
Nearly 90 percent of local grads are deficient in math, reading or writing.
The Arizona Board of Education is moving to revise Arizona mathematics and English language arts standards. According to the board, Gov. Doug Ducey called upon it to make any necessary changes to the standards to ensure they were in the…
College must show it is better serving academically-deficient students.
Some faculty members at Diné College are circulating a petition asking the Board of Regents and the Navajo Nation Health, Education and Human Services Committee to discipline college president Maggie George for allegedly ignoring faculty grievances, allowing her husband to…
Gov. Doug Ducey has yet to unveil details of how he will fulfill key campaign promises to raise educational achievement, fund school wait lists and expand school choice. But the new governor appeared last week to signal interest in an…
