Education

An Army saxophonist and school band teacher in Glendale, Ashley Drago allegedly is involved in a local neo-Nazi club.

Students push to ban alt-right group after incidents at Arizona State and University of Arizona.

The school’s last-minute effort to cancel Rep. Rashida Tlaib and a call for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire backfired.

Superintendent blasts students for “giving aid and comfort to terrorists.” Critics say his claims caused student organizers to be bullied.

“Dual language programs are critical for training the workforce of the future and providing a rich learning environment for Arizona’s children.”

An English teacher spoke out about Valley Christian High School’s discrimination against LGBTQ students. He was fired days later.

More than a hundred students at Hamilton High School in Chandler walked out over two new laws coming into effect this weekend that they said target LGBTQ youth.

Save Our Schools Arizona is working to collect 118,823 signatures to trigger a ballot referendum and delay the expansion of the Empowerment Scholarship Account program until it goes on the ballot in 2024.

To commemorate Labor Day, Phoenix New Times spoke with four union leaders and rank-and-file workers – from teachers to dispensary workers – about the victories and struggles of the past year, and the labor movement in Arizona.

Well-known extremist and self-proclaimed “white advocate” Jared Taylor is coming to the Valley next week to speak at Arizona State University.

As Arizona State University students return for the start of fall classes on Thursday, they arrive in Tempe struggling with what seems like a new inevitability: intractable surges in rent.

The world’s first MechanicalTree, unveiled on the east side of Arizona State University’s main campus in Tempe on Monday, could be a catalyst in reversing climate change.

Jewish students at Arizona State University are footing the $10,000 bill to bring aboard an anti-Semitic guest lecturer this weekend.

For scammed students at the University of Arizona Global Campus, it looks like it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

ASU enrolled the accused Kenosha shooter as a non-degree student this fall. He says he’s studying nursing.

Various high-profile GOP politicians will descend on an elementary school in Phoenix to protest a mask mandate- and pitch their own candidacies.

Schools are contending with widely diverging public health guidance on masks in the classroom.

Lawmakers, educators, and activists have touted the idea of electric school buses this month, but they and the news media overlooked the significant cost of the vehicles.

Fully in-person classes will comprise only 19 percent of the district’s classes.

Other forums in the program have explored whiteness in sports, holidays, dance performances, and art.

Sethuraman Panchanathan is on leave from ASU while he heads a federal research agency.