If you have spent any time outside of school, you probably have seen an empty lot on the northwest corner of 51st Avenue and Bell Road, and an emerging building at the corner. If you have ever thought about what…
With 2019 winding down, Sierra Vista Unified School District is approaching the new year on a positive note, according to district board president Barbara Williams. At Tuesday’s board meeting, members voted to look for a webmaster to redesign and update…
Dysart Unified School District’s Community Education department called upon financial management experts to give tools to college bound students and their families Nov. 7 at the district office. Liz Recchia, government affairs director with We-MAR (Financial Management for the College…
As school districts across the state work to do more with less, more than 100 Arizona teachers are getting some much-needed help from "foster grandparents." In a sea of first graders at Catalina Ventura Elementary School in Phoenix, you will…
Pete Lesar has been named the new interim superintendent of Mesa Public Schools. The announcement follows a school board meeting Monday night where the school board officially approved the resignation of Superintendent Ember Conley.
After a year of planning, Flagstaff Unified School District launched its anonymous reporting service Monday, December 2 for use by students, staff, families and communities. The service, available via mobile apps and online, offers secure one-way or two-way encrypted messages…
Jay Dobyns has held many titles throughout his 58 years of life: All-Pac-10 wide receiver for the Arizona Wildcats, undercover special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who infiltrated the Hells Angels, one of the most infamous…
By next fall, the U.S. will be the only country to have left the Paris Agreement – an international accord signed by nearly 200 countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to slow climate change. Representatives from those…
Peyton Munger's parents are still trying to come to grips with losing their son after he was struck and killed by a school bus in Goodyear last month. Goodyear fire officials said the crash happened near 144th Avenue and Indian…
The Southwest Native-American Foundation (SWNAF), a nonprofit that offers scholarships to students of Native American tribes in the Southwest, awarded scholarships to seven Navajo students in its annual cycle.
The makeup of Latinos in education leadership roles in Arizona is disproportionate to that of the state’s K through 12 student population. A new group launched on Monday is working to change that. It’s called Arizona Latino Leaders in Education,…
The Mesa Public School Board voted to accept Dr. Ember Conley's resignation as district Superintendent on Monday. At a special board meeting on Monday night, board members met for nearly three hours in an executive session to discuss the superintendent's…
A state lawmaker wants to require students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the ACLU claims that such a requirement is unconstitutional. Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, has proposed legislation requiring schools to set aside time each day for…
An Arizona firm raised $80 million from foreign investments for charter schools, but several campuses are broke after using the federal visas program.
A teen was hit by a car while riding his bike near Poston Butte High School Monday morning. The crash happened near Gantzel and Bella Vista roads around 6:30 a.m. The student, a 15- to 16-year-old boy, was riding his…
