Tucson Unified School District has improved half of the six financial risk indicators highlighted by the Arizona Auditor General but continues to face challenges with declining student enrollment and reduced reserves, an internal report shows.
- Sierra Blaser
Tucson Unified School District has given teachers raises, funded more P.E. teachers and social workers, and expanded career and technical education programs since last year’s override election, a new report shows.
- Prerana Sannappanavar
University of Arizona Faculty Chair Leila Hudson is blasting the school’s two recent legal settlements that added up to almost $3.95 million, saying the lawsuits cost the university a significant amount of tuition and taxpayer funds that could have gone to educating students and supporting r…
- Prerana Sannappanavar
Nearly 100 University of Arizona students, faculty, staff and other community members attended a protest to show solidarity with survivors of sexual violence, as national headlines focus on a former Cornell University student's allegations she was gang raped at a fraternity house at the New …
- Sierra Blaser
Tucson Unified School District families will start being notified if their school is up for closure or facing changes in about two to three weeks.
- Prerana Sannappanavar
The University of Arizona has placed all its fraternities on hold after receiving "multiple reports of misconduct" involving nearly half of the 21 fraternities since the fall semester began seven weeks ago, and after several chapters were disciplined earlier this year for serious hazing viol…
- Sierra Blaser
Apollo Middle School teacher Rachel Eggebeen warns that Proposition 320 may force schools to cut essential services to meet direct instruction spending mandates, such as counselors, librarians, nurses and maintenance spending.
The University of Arizona will freeze tuition and fees for undergraduate students next year for the fourth year, and will now also freeze them for out-of-state undergraduates and all graduate students as well.
A University of Arizona administrator said the 18.5% drop in first-year undergraduate enrollment for the fall 2026 semester doesn’t mean the UA is dropping in enrollment overall, but is just returning to its pre-COVID class sizes.
Tucson Unified School District will hold a virtual community engagement meeting on October 7 to discuss potential school closures and consolidations, aiming to collect public feedback to guide future decisions.
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Tucson Unified School District will host four college-prep sessions for K-12 families starting Tuesday, Oct. 17.
The Arizona Board of Regents approved the University of Arizona’s capital plan for this year, which includes five new projects totaling $160.9 million.
The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind may have graduated 25 students who did not meet graduation requirements, could not provide background-check documentation for multiple employees and did not efficiently investigate some complaints, the Arizona Auditor General says in a report.
A former Walden Grove High School cheerleading coach was indicted on four felony counts after misappropriating over $12,000 in cheerleading funds into her personal account, according to a new Arizona Auditor General report.
The University of Arizona will pay $2.4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a Maryland-based marketing company that claimed the university breached its contract in an athletics-related deal.
The University of Arizona Global Campus will pay $1.55 million to settle a 2025 lawsuit filed by 185 people who alleged gender-based pay gaps between men and women working there, although the UA denies the allegations.
Governor Katie Hobbs is restoring nearly 16.5 million dollars in COVID relief funds to state universities after earlier budget cuts, aiming to support higher education without disputing the broader budget deal made with Republican lawmakers earlier this year.
A University of Arizona fraternity, Sigma Tau Gamma, has been placed under an activities suspension and is now being investigated after its new members were forced to eat live goldfish, a UA official said.
The TUSD governing board approved a domestic water line and sewer replacement for Pueblo High School, a floor replacement for Miller Elementary, 6,500 Chromebook replacements, which will be spread across 35 schools, and 225 Chromebook carts, which will be spread across 16 schools.
The Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind will begin the search for a new superintendent in January 2027 as current Superintendent Annette Reichman plans to retire in June 2028.
U of A backs off selling Folklore Preserve property that was donatedThe University of Arizona has reversed plans to sell the Arizona Folklore Preserve property, opting instead to lease it to the preserve for five years at $300 monthly, aiming to continue live performances despite financial challenges.
U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva has introduced three bills to support English language learners, focusing on grant partnerships with higher education, expanding family literacy services, and investing in bilingual education for young students from low-income backgrounds.
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First-year undergraduate enrollment for the fall 2026 semester at the University of Arizona is about 6,000 students. That's an 18% drop from fall 2025, the school says.
Tucson Unified School District will hold its final community meeting on school closures and consolidations Saturday at Tucson High School. The feedback from families will guide the district’s plan for potential changes to about 10 schools.
NASA chief Jared Isaacman was here to highlight the University of Arizona’s outsized role in space exploration.
The Goldwater Institute supports Arizona Proposition 320, which mandates schools spend at least 60 cents per dollar on direct educational expenses like teacher salaries and supplies, aiming to increase classroom funding from the current 52.1 cents average statewide.
Tucson Unified School District could take 18 years to meet Proposition 320’s requirement of spending 60% of operational funds on direct instruction. The proposed measure mandates annual increases starting in 2027, focusing on costs directly tied to classroom teaching roles.
Tucson Unified School District will maintain a traditional schedule for the 2027-2028 school year — with one professional learning day shifted from Wednesday to Friday.
The decision comes after a district survey showed families and staff preferred that option over an extended Thanksgiving break, a four-day week or year-round school schedule.
Tucson Unified School District is hosting its second community meeting on school closures and consolidations at Cholla High School to explain potential changes and collect feedback from residents.