The Maricopa Unified School District honored students for their participation in the annual art walk and Academic League competition, as well as staff from the Business Department for earning the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting during their meeting on…
Federal judge in charge of district’s desegregation case makes the call.
Republican lawmakers are troubled that Arizona State University and University of Arizona have been lobbying Congress to help “dreamers” gain citizenship.
Inter-scholastic rivalry can be brutal, and a recent battle between Kyrene middle schools was no exception. There were the screams of disappointment, the cheers of support and the occasional nail biting over a chapter not read.
Just because students passed the AIMS test last year does not necessarily mean they are on track for college or other post-high school education, a national report released Thursday morning says. The report, by the education advocacy group Achieve, states…
Santa Cruz Valley Union High School played host to 164 eighth graders from Eloy Junior High, Picacho Elementary and Red Rock Elementary Schools on April 30 as part of its annual Freshman Experience event on the high school campus.
The Willcox School Board took action to reduce expenses to meet the district’s budget at their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 5. In order to reduce the budget by $450,000, Interim Superintendent Ben Travis made recommendations to the Board, including…
When Lake Havasu High School seniors graduate next Thursday night, they will walk off the stage, out of the auditorium and leave to celebrate with friends and family. But for the first time in years they won’t have the option…
Dr. Tim Richard, principal at Poston Butte High School, admits he has no previous experience in the construction industry, and refuses to let that deter him from building a new house — by himself. “I’ll do about 90 percent of…
The journey is almost over for area high school seniors. There’s not much left to do before graduation except sign yearbooks and take final exams. When those diplomas are handed out, it will symbolize complete liberation after 12 years of…
AIMS is out. AzMERIT is in. The major difference is in the design of the test items, Curriculum Director Barbara Wright told the Casa Grande Elementary School District Governing Board Tuesday. “The AIMS test was designed primarily as a recall…
She looks almost as young as the seventh-grade students she has been teaching the past seven years at Challenger Middle School. Adriana Toles, however, showed her maturity when she accepted the Matt O. Hanhila Educator of the Year award May…
'm convinced that there is a consortium of national organizations, think tanks, researchers, political and social scientists who, in an effort to make the other 49 states feel better about themselves produce studies, polls, surveys and all manner of statistical…
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, will address commencement at the University of Arizona law school this weekend.
AIMS testing was resolved last fall — or so Morenci Unified School District Superintendant Dr. David Woodall thought. But Diane Douglas, Arizona Superintendant of Public Instruction of Schools, has asked Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich to review the results of…
Grades, cultural education, and special education are among of Parker parents’ top concerns about the education in the community. Superintendent Jim Lotts and Assistant Superintendent Brad Sale discussed the district’s use of Impact Aid with the public on May 6.…
