Arizona
Budget & Finance
Tax Higher Incomes to Fund Schools? National Debate Gets Traction at the State Level
Arguments over an Arizona ballot measure mirror calls at the national level to raise taxes for "the 1 percent" to increase education funding.
School & District Management
How to Respond to a Ransomware Attack: Lessons Learned
The Flagstaff schools in Arizona suffered a ransomware attack that forced district officials to close schools for two days. Here’s what the district learned from that experience.
States
Educational Opportunities and Performance in Arizona
This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
Classroom Technology
Why and How One District Embraced Digital Citizenship in a Big Way
The Gilbert Unified School District in Arizona is involving counselors, social workers, and teachers in its digital citizenship initiative, using a newly designed curriculum from Common Sense Media.
English-Language Learners
'English-Only' Laws in Education on Verge of Extinction
Arizona is expected to repeal its longstanding ban on bilingual education, following similar moves in California and Massachusetts in recent years.
Education
DeVos' Team: Arizona Could Lose $340 Million For Skirting ESSA's Testing Requirements
The state hasn't followed the Every Students Succeeds Act's rules for testing its students and could lose funding as a result, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' team said in a letter to the Arizona officials.
States
States Are Flooding Schools With Cash, But Teachers Are Missing Out
The push to boost teacher pay was a big factor in the flood of money states pumped into school districts in recent years, but much of that money has been soaked up by competing school budget priorities, rather than landing in teachers' pockets.
States
Educational Opportunities and Performance in Arizona
This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
Teaching Profession
One More Teacher Wins State Seat, Bringing Count to 43
One more teacher was elected to state legislature in a closely contested race.
School & District Management
Cosmetics and Clothes: Parents Misspent $700,000 in Arizona's School Choice Program
An audit by Arizona’s attorney general revealed that parents with children in the state’s education savings account program were making prohibited purchases with public money meant for educational purposes.
Federal
Teachers Defiant After Educator Loses Bid for Arizona Governor
The loss by Democrat David Garcia was a blow to education advocates who hoped to ride a national tide of teacher activism and unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.
School Choice & Charters
Expansion of School Vouchers Gets Trounced in Arizona
Proposition 305 had become one of the most contentious ballot-box battles over school choice in the 2018 midterm elections. But its loss is not necessarily a defeat for school choice advocates.
Federal
Vouchers Expansion Battle Will Be Fought at Arizona Polls
A ballot measure to expand the state's eligibility for so-called education savings account is contentious and confusing.
Education
Midterms Could Mean Big Changes for State ESSA Plans: Which Races to Watch
Newly elected governors and state chiefs may seek big changes to their states' plan to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act.