We need a robust, highly skilled workforce in STEM to support the influx of major infrastructure projects cropping up across the country. The way to fix this is by starting at the high school level.
Families of transgender students dispel myths and fears that fuel anti-trans laws
Two other Republican-introduced bills “based in fear and a caricature” of transgender students make their way through the legislature.
Paradise Valley admin gets students to school amid Arizona bus driver shortage
Brandon George needs 50 more bus drivers. Arizona Dems have a plan to let voters decide—but will the GOP stop it from going on the ballot?
Arizona teachers reject Department of Education’s PragerU partnership
The Arizona Department of Education will be promoting conservative nonprofit’s online content for use, calling it “wholesome, patriotic, unbiased educational materials.”
Outcry grows from educators as Republicans approve far-right material for classrooms
PragerU material features an animated Frederick Douglass praising the Founding Fathers for not outlawing slavery, videos that downplay climate change, and conservative activists ridiculing the Black Lives Matter movement.
This West Valley district has a 4-day school week to help keep teachers
Moving to a four-day school week helped a Cartwright School District principal recruit teachers from outside of Arizona.
Arizona Superintendent greenlights far-right ideological materials to teach kids in public schools
The unaccredited, far-right group PragerU’s ideological classroom materials are now available for classroom use all across the state.
Showdown imminent between Hobbs and Republican legislators over school vouchers
Hobbs proposed bringing back a requirement that students who use vouchers for private schools must have first attended public school.
Navigating the new FAFSA? Here’s what you need to know.
The new FAFSA form has been released. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) determines eligibility for federal financial aid.
Arizonans get relief as Biden cancels nearly $5 billion more in student debt
More than 35,000 Arizonans have had their student debt discharged or have been identified for debt relief due to the Biden administration’s reforms of the student loan debt system.