Education

Teachers in Arizona are the lowest paid in the country, but the response from the state’s Republican leadership couldn’t be more tone deaf.

Arizona State University officials still don’t know which fraternities and sororities will inhabit the $72 million Greek Leadership Village rising on Arizona State University land. Sororities in Adelphi Commons, the on-campus housing built for them in the early 2000s, don’t have to move if members don’t want to, officials said.

About 500 people have reportedly put their names on a waiting list for a senior-living high-rise planned for the Tempe campus of Arizona State University. Residents will have to be 62 or older to live in the building.

Respected education policy expert and Democrat David Garcia announced his intention to run for Arizona governor against Republican incumbent Doug Ducey.

The Goldwater Institute’s response: We told you so.

Construction has begun on ASU’s $70 million Greek Leadership Village, a long-awaited replacement for the now-demolished fraternity row on Alpha Drive. But some in the Greek community are critical of the project.

An elementary school student’s arm was stamped with the words “Lunch Money” because his balance was low.

An elementary school student’s arm was stamped with the words “Lunch Money” because his balance was low.

A former Arizona State University student convicted of shooting video of women using a campus restroom will soon be deported to his home country of China.

The district sent home a letter to parents clarifying the school district’s policy.

Rep. David Stringer, a member of the House Education Committee, apparently thinks that teaching is an easy, part-time job.

As advocates suffer another setback from Trump administration, they say there are other ways schools can step up to help transgender students.

Activists worry that contact with law enforcement could lead to more kids being deported.

Lawmakers on both sides, parents, educators and special-education administrators all back a bill they say would help, not hurt, students with learning and physical disabilities; but some are concerned.

They’re already the lowest paid in the country, with an average salary around $40K. Chamber head calls story “fake news” but says he could have used more “artful language.”

Executive order banning some Muslims from traveling to U.S. gave an extra incentive for students to celebrate World Hijab Day.