Education

In text messages, State Board for Charter Schools President Kathy Senseman said unidentified critics “hate all charters” and want to abolish the schools.

The proposal to take Arizona’s education sales tax from 0.6 cents to a penny still faces significant hurdles.

“Arizona’s current law has limited us to a model that is based on very little research.”

“Our students and our schools need funding now. We cannot wait and kick the can down the road once again,” Joe Thomas said.

The district is ending a policy that the ACLU of Arizona said “publicly identifies and shames underperforming students.”

“We know all this abuse is going on in the charter [sector], now we’re going to turn around and give the same thing to the school districts.”

“He carries a 3.9 grade point average and is considered an essential member of one of ASU’s research teams.”

Over 6,000 eligible Arizonans who attended colleges run by Career Education Corp. can have debt held by the school erased.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona is demanding that the school district in Cottonwood end a policy which “publicly identifies and shames underperforming students.”

Experts link the well-regarded Arizona charter network Sonoran Schools to the Gulen movement in Turkey and layers of political intrigue.

Black widows that have adapted to the warm concrete of Phoenix are very different from their cousins in the desert, ASU scientists are finding.

A first-time candidate and speech therapist, 32-year-old Kathy Hoffman pulled off a stunning series of political upsets.

Kathy Hoffman is one of the few statewide Democratic candidates within striking distance of their Republican opponent.

Sherman Elliott’s campaign has raised questions because of his role at GCU, a university that was a for-profit company until this summer.

No other board members spoke up to second Douglas’ motion.

One former parent described his management style as dictatorial. Another called Gaynor a “visionary” for saving the school.

Catherine Barrett left the #RedForEd leadership team, only to emerge as a Republican activist and a committed Doug Ducey supporter.

The associate superintendent of communications is out in the wake of an internal newsletter that violated Arizona election law.

The policy forced students to use the bathroom corresponding with the sex on their birth certificate.

Diane Douglas attacked the news media and said that her Christian beliefs are “an unforgivable offense in the eyes of the secular left.”

Arizona Superintendent Diane Douglas faced criticism for choosing a young-earth creationist to review evolution science standards.

Joseph Kezele, tapped to help review evolution teaching standards, in Arizona, says teen dinosaurs rode on Noah’s Ark.