Students in 3rd grade through 8th grade at Mountain Vista K-8 School in the Oracle Elementary School District were assessed on their mastery of concepts taught and outlined in our state academic standards, known as Arizona’s College and Career Readiness Standards. We…
The Chino Valley Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Candidates Forum for the Chino Valley Unified School Board election on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m.
The Winslow Unified School District governing board met last week and heard a presentation from World Homes Initiative (WHI), a group of innovators and developers looking to bring housing and manufacturing into Winslow. Roland Standich, president of contributing partner to…
The Holbrook Unified School District No. 3 Governing Board convened last Tuesday, Sept. 13, with school principals presenting a profile on each of their schools in the district for the new school year. Park and Hulet Elementary schools Principal Kevin…
Local and national education agendas are the talk of area communities now, and eligible voters come the Nov. 8 election will have choices to make on the nonpartisan candidates they wish to help guide their districts for the next four…
Field of four looking to serve on CGUHSD governing board
As the General Election nears, and soon mail-in ballots will be sent out, attention turns to local school board elections, including two, four-year seats on the Humboldt Unified School District Governing Board.
Days after filing what they said were ample signatures to block Arizona's universal-voucher law, the Save Our Schools organization conceded Monday that it likely has fallen short. That means parents seeking to use taxpayer dollars for private schooling can join…
Kaylie, who was supposed to graduate from high school last year, is one of 2,006 Arizona residents of all ages whose deaths were classified as being caused by an opioid overdose in 2021. That's the highest annual number of fatal opioid overdoses reported in…
It's a full-on, immersive, interactive foreign language experience, and it's happening in our own backyard without ever stepping foot in a foreign country! "We like to speak in Spanish a lot," explains Finley Pearson, a fifth-grade student at Gilbert Elementary…
Gov. Doug Ducey has passed 387 bills during the second session of Arizona's 55th Legislature. Most recently, he has signed bills that prioritized K-12 education, public safety, water security, infrastructure, veterans, health care and more. Going into effect last Saturday,…
Starting this week, a few more books in Arizona will be banned in public schools. House Bill 2495 went into effect over the weekend, banning public schools from using any materials that depict sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sexual acts.
Tucson Unified refuses to say which schools need security fixes
Arizona’s drought has policymakers scrambling to find new ways to conserve water, and, because of that, a new crop may be in Arizona’s future.
Several Latino Arizona State University students are working with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., this semester. The 10-week program examines Latino representation in art, culture and history.
At 21 years old, photography student Everett Milloy found out he had basal cell carcinoma. Now he's sharing his journey in hopes of educating others.
