In Chinle, Arizona, financial distress caused by the government shutdown has led to the suspension of after-school programs, including some that students rely on for meals.
Arizona educators reject the US Department of Education’s plan to promote a “patriotic education,” aligned with conservative ideology, developed with partner groups like Turning Point USA and the Heritage Foundation.
What’s all the drama over Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) in Arizona? Our political correspondent, Sahara Sajjadi, breaks it down.
Ahead of Labor Day, leaders of Arizona’s largest unions called for working Arizonans to stand together against the Trump administration.
Students and advocates warn that funding cuts to tribal college would be devastating—not just to education, but to tribal sovereignty, cultural survival, and community development.
Federal funding cuts could put tribal colleges and universities like Tohono O’odham Community College in southern Arizona at risk of closing.
In early July, billions in funding for US public schools were frozen before eventually being returned. Was it a warning that deeper education funding cuts are coming?
A tax credit for private school tuition, tucked into President Donald Trump’s megabill, marks the first such federal subsidy for taxpayers.
Educators and lawmakers warn that frozen federal funds will gut after-school programs vital to families across the state.
The US Department of Education is illegally withholding over $6 billion in federal funding for K-12 public schools across the US, without the approval of Congress.
