Despite a Washington, D.C.-based personal finance company’s Monday release of a study showing the dangers of reopening Arizona’s schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic, school district administrators in the Quad Cities say they can fully reopen their schools safely in late…
The Gadsden School District has postponed the reopening of schools for in-person classes until Jan. 19.
Last week, Yuma Union High School District announced it would not be allowing spectators into high school games during the fall. Then on Thursday, in response to what were no doubt a lot of protests from parents and the public,…
Mingus Union to consider traditional in-person instruction
About 30 thousand people have installed the COVID Watch Arizona app on their mobile devices. One of its co-creators says the app has alerted many people to potential exposure to the coronavirus. But we might never know if it actually…
COVID-19 has left many things uncertain and one thing that Superintendent Kathy Hoffman wants, is to make sure Arizona schools are being transparent and are communicating with families about COVID-19. Many parents have expressed concerns with their kids returning to…
District One creates parent-specific resource page for navigating remote learning
Over the past 12 days, the Scottsdale Unified School District has begun the process of returning to in-person classes as part of the educational entity’s phased approach to return to the classroom.
The land selection for a second high school in Maricopa is at a standstill after it was revealed at Wednesday’s Maricopa Unified School District board meeting that an important pesticide covenant had fallen through with a neighboring land owner. The…
After months of anxiety and harsh words in the community, Mesa Public Schools is ready to reopen classrooms to all grades five days a week Oct. 12. While the district will make distance learning available to students throughout the 2020-21…
The University of Arizona is set to lift a shelter-in-place recommendation Tuesday as coronavirus cases have decreased and compliance with public health guidance has improved. The university reported a 3.4% positivity rate for the 1,051 new tests conducted ahead of…
People who are classified as perfectionists may be more prone to helicopter parenting, according to a study from the University of Arizona. Helicopter parents engage in what is known as over-parenting, which entails hovering around their children who are young…
Sarah Dorman from Flagstaff has been on a mission to help her 11-year-old son with special needs and many other families facing online learning hurdles. The mother of two decided to reach out to Northern Arizona University with an idea…
When schools were forced to close this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shiloh Wheeler, a school counselor at the Thatcher Unified School District, sent out surveys to see how her high school kids were doing. As time went on,…
Voting on a school board candidate sometimes can be a more complicated task than voting for president. In some cases, you may not have a child in school in the district where you vote, and finding enough information will take…
San Tan Leads, a local San Tan Valley business networking group, is hosting a presentation about the Invest in Ed proposition, PROP 208. They are bringing representatives from both sides of the proposition to the table for this discussion, which…
