Education

Lawsuits and signature verification still stand in the way of anti-voucher law group’s attempt to place school referendum on ballot

No recess is definitely a bummer, never mind missing a once-in-a-decade interplanetary event.

The Arizona school voucher law referendum is being observed by representatives of both sides.

After months of volunteering, Tom Giller is determined to save Arizona public schools from a law expanding school vouchers.

The mother apologized on behalf of her son.

Dan Godzich is in charge of communications for the Arizona Department of Education. But his social media pages and an official press release fudged his own educational history. Godzich does not, in fact, have a college degree.

Arizona’s charter school law is a setup for plenty of conflicts of interest, nepotism, and secrecy. In June, a group of former teachers at one Phoenix charter school filed a seven page complaint full of allegations of financial and other malfeasance. The head of school denies the charges.

The Arizona State University Foundation will amend four years of tax forms following a Center for Investigative Reporting article this week about ASU President Crow and his wife, Sybil Francis.

The Maricopa County Community College District’s decision buys some time for students who are already enrolled in school.

The former ASU football coach, dead at age 88, was one of Arizona’s most memorable sports figures.

They may end up taking this one to the Supreme Court.

Tim Hogan, a longtime fighter for Arizona educational, environmental, and other issues, announced on Tuesday that he’s leaving his job as executive director of the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest.

Several months have passed since the issue was brought up, but there’s been little progress.

An Arizona State University student from China faces a federal conspiracy charge for allegedly faking her way into the school by hiring an imposter to take a required English-proficiency test.

Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute found high turnover and low pay plague Arizona’s teachers.

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.