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Opponents Push to Stop Arizona’s Expanded School Voucher Program

Opponents Push to Stop Arizona’s Expanded School Voucher Program

This Culinary Program Prepares Students With Skills and Scholarships

This Culinary Program Prepares Students With Skills and Scholarships

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Marisol Garcia Wants to Transform Arizona's Teachers Union

By Katya Schwenk
Sep 5, 2022

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.
University of Arizona Global Campus Loses GI Bill Funding

By Elias Weiss
Apr 1, 2022

For scammed students at the University of Arizona Global Campus, it looks like it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
University of Arizona Bailed Out School Amid Losing Fraud Lawsuit, But Left Students in the Dust

By Elias Weiss
Mar 30, 2022

Ashford University left its students impoverished and unemployable. Did the University of Arizona swoop in to save the day or bail out the fraudsters?
Sensory Cooking Program Teaches Kitchen Skills to Kids With Autism

By Bahar Anooshahr
Mar 9, 2022

Sensory Cooking provides settings that allow participants to learn social and language skills.
Kari Lake and Kelli Ward Are Heading to a Phoenix Elementary School for an Anti-Mask Protest

By Katya Schwenk
Oct 29, 2021

Various high-profile GOP politicians will descend on an elementary school in Phoenix to protest a mask mandate— and pitch their own candidacies.
Masks On The Bus, But Not In The Classroom: Schools Confront Muddled Covid Protocols

By Katya Schwenk
Aug 2, 2021

Schools are contending with widely diverging public health guidance on masks in the classroom.
Something's Missing in the Coverage of Phoenix's Exciting New Electric School Bus

By Ray Stern
Jul 19, 2021

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.
Arizona's School Lunches Are About to Get a Distinctly Arizonan Boost

By Chris Malloy
Feb 24, 2021

Here come meals for students light-years beyond the sloppy joe.
This Week in COVID: Hospital Usage Outstrips Worst-Case Model

By Erasmus Baxter
Dec 1, 2020

Hospitals could be full in a week, according to ASU modeling.
This Week in COVID: Navajo Nation in Lockdown, Surge Hits ASU Football

By Erasmus Baxter
Nov 17, 2020

One in ten in Maricopa County has had COVID-19.
Invest in Ed Tax Measure Leads by Wide Margin on Election Night

By Josh Kelety
Nov 3, 2020

The battle over a ballot measure that would tax wealthy Arizonans to pay for public schools was expensive.
Another Former Brophy Priest Has Been Accused of Sexual Abuse

By Erasmus Baxter
Sep 22, 2020

James A. Sinnerud, S.J. was named in a lawsuit today.
The Battle Over Arizona's Education Funding Ballot Measure Is Heating Up

By Josh Kelety
Sep 21, 2020

The gloves are off in the information war over the Invest in Ed education spending ballot measure.
Invest in Ed Measure Will Appear on Ballot, Arizona Supreme Court Rules

By Josh Kelety
Aug 19, 2020

The Arizona Supreme Court overruled a prior ruling and allowed the Invest in Ed ballot measure to appear on the ballot.
'Those Kids are Guinea Pigs': Queen Creek School Reopening Divides Community

By Josh Kelety
Aug 14, 2020

Like everything else pandemic-related, the issue of reopening schools has been politicized.
Queen Creek Schools Require That Teachers Come to Work to Teach Online

By Josh Kelety
Aug 11, 2020

The Queen Creek Unified School District is allegedly refusing to let teachers teach online classes at home.
Education Initiative Ruling Could Doom Future Ballot Measures, Critics Argue

By Josh Kelety
Aug 6, 2020

A recent ruling in a lawsuit against an education funding ballot measure could have long-term implications for Arizona's initiative process.
Judge Boots Arizona K-12 Funding Initiative Off November Ballot

By Josh Kelety
Jul 31, 2020

The judge agreed that the 100-word summary of the Invest in Education ballot initiative was misleading.
Ducey Extends Eviction Moratorium, Tells Arizonans to Stay the Course

By Josh Kelety
Jul 16, 2020

"That is a direct effect of decisions that Arizonans have made over the past week, and we can see more of this if we do more of that." - Gov. Ducey
How to Get School Meals in Greater Phoenix During Coronavirus Closures

By Elizabeth Whitman and Bri Arreguin-Malloy
Mar 18, 2020

For picking up and eating elsewhere only.