A new report grading preschool programs nationwide doesn’t show good results for Arizona. “Arizona is really toward the bottom of the pack,” Steve Barnett, co-director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, said. The institute’s report…
What started out as a normal Tuesday for Franklin Police and Fire High School senior Carlos Yepiz, was quickly flipped upside down after he was called into the Principal's office. "I thought I was in trouble. I was waiting for…
For a third year in a row, the share of Arizona parents exempting their children from school-required vaccines has increased, but the situation is even more perilous as schools have allowed unvaccinated students to attend even without the required exemption.…
Arizona risks losing $340 million in federal funds because state lawmakers allow school districts – including Chandler Unified – to offer an alternative to the AzMERIT standardized tests. In a letter to state education officials, Frank Brogan, an assistant secretary…
Prescott Unified School District Superintendent Joe Howard and Chief Financial Officer Brian Moore review budget documents in Howard’s office in the renovated Washington School that now houses the central administration and the Discovery Gardens preschool.
The Fountain Hills Unified School District Governing Board held an open meeting on Wednesday, April 10, where the board received a donation from The Fountain Hills Pickleball Club and to discuss submitting their top five priorities for the Arizona School…
Three more area school districts are slated for new buses in the fifth and final round of Arizona’s Lower-Emission School Bus Program awards. In his April 8 statement, Governor Doug Ducey announced $5 million in funding to buy 45 new…
Two people killed in a helicopter crash on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation near Fountain Hills on Tuesday morning have been identified by companies they worked for. The pilot was identified as Rucie Moore, a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University…
It's early afternoon at Kuban Elementary, a squat building that sits among salvage yards and body shops in west Phoenix. Kathy Hoffman, the state schools superintendent, has just walked into a classroom, flanked by a mix of reporters and Arizona…
The #RedforEd movement did the unthinkable last year, convincing a spending-averse Republican governor to raise Arizona teacher salaries by 20 percent. It didn't end the call for more investment in Arizona schools, however. The centerpiece funding proposal that has emerged…
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says an increase to the state’s rainy day fund would protect future education funding. Last week, he signed a bill that would allow the rainy day fund to hold up to $1 billion if lawmakers approve…
The City of Mesa is calling on the faith community to raise awareness about youth suicide following a spike in teen deaths across the East Valley. Around 120 leaders from different faiths, as well as nonprofits, gathered at the Mesa…
Senate President Karen Fann said she’s asking the Arizona Board of Regents whether they need the legislature’s permission to create a new tuition category and plans to sit on legislation to create a new tuition rate for all Arizona high…
Led by Chandler Unified, 22 East Valley schools last week were designated A+ Schools of Excellence by the Arizona Education Foundation. Applicant schools are evaluated in the areas of student focus and support, school culture, active teaching and learning, curriculum,…
One local girl, 16-year-old Gabby Parris, is not letting her struggles get in the way of finishing her high school education. Growing up as a teenager can be demanding at times and teens are supposed to fulfill school requirements and…
