State funding cuts over the past 10 years have made fundraisers and partnerships with local businesses and community organizations essential for Arizona schools to provide students with access to  extracurricular activities, which research shows keeps them engaged in learning. Clubs,…

Just as students are getting back to their studies, education advocacy groups are hoping parents and community members will be doing some studying of their own, not of English and math, but of how Arizona legislators voted in 2017 on…

AzMERIT scores were released to schools earlier this summer, but the real discussion will start when parents receive their children’s individual score reports nearly a month after this school year starts. Schools received student results through the online reporting system…

Arizona’s public K-12 schools have faced significant school funding challenges since the Great Recession in 2008, but recent legislation, voter-approved ballot measures and some possible solutions could help restore some of that funding. Arizona led the nation with 36.6 percent…

Arizona’s ranking in overall funding for elementary, middle and high school students rose slightly in 2015, but still remains in the bottom five of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a recent report. Arizona’s ranking for…

Arizona educators said in a recent survey that school leaders earned a B for creating trusting, supportive environments and addressing teacher concerns, but gave them an F for class size, and use of teachers’ time to plan, collaborate and eliminate…

Arizona’s rural students are diverse, poor and many are trailing academically, and a new report finds that the schools they attend have the second highest needs of any state in the nation. Why Rural Matters, a 50-state report released today…

Arizona’s record summer heat and intense winter cold hit schools’ utilities budgets hard, so many districts have become more energy efficient and some have sought help from experts to find more savings. “School districts are very energy efficient and energy…

Arizona educators and civics advocates are taking the lead in teaching a new generation of Arizonans about American government at a time when research finds a lack of civic knowledge and engagement in the United States. While civics/government requirements have…

How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court? How does a bill become a law? How does the Electoral College work? The answers to these questions show how the U.S. system of government works, which is something many Americans…

What type of schools do most Arizona high school students graduate from? Which schools have higher graduation rates? The Arizona Department of Education’s most recent four-year graduation data shows that most students graduate from traditional, brick and mortar schools and…

Updated May 10, 2017 – When House legislators returned Wednesday afternoon to the Committee of the Whole, House Speaker J.D. Mesnard withdrew his revised amendment to Senate Bill 1156. Mesnard’s revised amendment introduced earlier Wednesday would have required sufficient inflationary…