Education
A student from Tillman Middle School will be selected every semester to serve on the board and advocate on behalf of their peers.
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos left the department’s funding for low-income schools, protections for students with disabilities, and rights for survivors under Title IX in shambles.
The rise in COVID-19 cases and the new variants of the virus threaten a safe return to in-person classes.
Canceling $10,000 in federal student loan debt per borrower would completely wipe out student debt for nearly 300,000 Arizonans.
Ducey warned that he expects schools to offer in-person instruction as teachers gain access to vaccines and that schools that lost students could see their funding cut. State leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter — pressuring them, even — as teachers begin to gain access to the vaccine...
At least two East Valley school districts changed course this week on returning to in-person classes following the holidays. Arizona schools Superintendent Kathy Hoffman asked Gov. Doug Ducey Saturday to return schools to online learning for at least two weeks as officials continue to monitor the severity of community spread of COVID-19 following the holidays....
