An East Valley lawmaker is sponsoring two bills this legislative session focused on the mental health of Arizona students. One of the bills by Sen. Sean Bowie, Senate Bill 1097, would add mental health to health education curriculum already being taught…
More than 840,000 people in Arizona have now gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But that’s just cracking the surface of what needs to be done statewide to make sure every person that wants a vaccine is…
Coach Marty strode into the Basis Flagstaff front office precisely at 7:30, raring to go.
Arizona high schools will be allowed to determine how many fans can attend winter sports events for the remainder of the season, the Arizona Interscholastic Association decided. The AIA also modified its transfer rule for spring athletes at Tuesday's executive…
Stephanie Galloway teaches choir, but she does not consider herself a singer as much as a pianist. For nearly a year, though, the Flagstaff High School teacher has created on camera performances.
As one of the few girls in her high school STEM classes, and the only Native American in the class of 2020 at Basis Scottsdale, Bianca Hanly knows what it feels like to be underrepresented. Now she's standing out among…
Communities of color are facing barriers in their daily lives, but now there is work being done to eliminate the things that divide us. Eric Bailey, President and CEO of Bailey Strategic Innovation Group, works to help companies learn more…
LGBTQ advocates are hoping Arizona lawmakers will consider a ban on conversion therapy for people under the age of 18. The practice, which aims to change a person’s sexual orientation, is opposed by the American Medical Association and the American…
A group of sex education advocates is opposing a bill that they say would restrict this type of curriculum in schools. Members of Sex Education for a Change Coalition say a bill by Republican state Sen. Nancy Barto, that will be…
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Monday exempting Arizona schools from being letter-graded this year, citing learning disruption because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ducey also signed an executive order that called on the Arizona State Board of Education to study…
After a player on Desert Vista tested positive for COVID-19, Mountain Pointe’s game with the Thunder was called off. Here’s how both teams handled the disruption, and how Desert Vista’s players stayed engaged during their mandatory quarantine.
On Friday, Kyrene teacher R. Scott Harnisch, who goes by "Mr. H," attended a virtual gala hosted by ABC Nightline and the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation, which celebrated many teachers for their excellence in education. "It’s very humbling," said…
A new report shows that the nearly 53,000 teachers in Arizona have the lowest wages in the nation on average. The analysis of federal employment and wage data by HireAHelper, a California-based company that connects professional movers with clients, found…
The Arizona Senate approved a massive expansion of Arizona's school voucher program Monday, just two years after voters decisively repealed a similar expansion of school vouchers to all students. The Senate passed the bill on a 16-14 party-line vote, with…
Hundreds of people went to a Super Bowl party next to the campus of the University of Arizona, and that has UA officials worried. “We had a 200-person party at one of the high rises, the police were called, they…
Multiple school districts in southern Arizona plan on bringing students back to campus in the coming months, as parents call for in-person learning options and COVID-19 metrics improve. This week, southern Arizona’s largest school district, Tucson Unified, announced students could return…
