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Tucson middle school teacher, assistant coach arrested on sexual exploitation charges

Tucson middle school teacher, assistant coach arrested on sexual exploitation charges

  • Arizona Daily Star

A Tucson middle school teacher and girls high school assistant basketball coach has been arrested on suspicion of 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.

Arizona Senate backs ballot measure on school spending, teacher pay

Arizona Senate backs ballot measure on school spending, teacher pay

  • Howard Fischer

Arizona voters may decide in November whether schools must spend 60% of funds on classroom instruction, as lawmakers debate teacher pay and funding priorities.

Tucson teachers' anti-ICE sickout prompts legislation to fire them next time

Tucson teachers' anti-ICE sickout prompts legislation to fire them next time

  • Howard Fischer

Arizona House Republicans gave preliminary approval to a bill that would fire teachers who participate in organized "sickouts" or work stoppages.

ASDB's blind or low-vision students will be moved to regular public schools

ASDB's blind or low-vision students will be moved to regular public schools

  • Prerana Sannappanavar

The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind will no longer directly provide on-site classes for students who are blind or have low vision and are not also deaf. Those students will instead be mainstreamed into local public-school districts.

Photos: Blue Collar tour stops at Mica Mountain high school

Photos: Blue Collar tour stops at Mica Mountain high school

  • Grace Trejo

The Blue Collar tour is a nationwide initiative to help bring career awareness to high school students through live welding demonstrations, hands-on experiences, and real conversations about trade careers.

Arizona House moves to end mental health education in schools

Arizona House moves to end mental health education in schools

  • Howard Fischer

Arizona House Republicans moved to repeal a 2021 law requiring schools to include mental health education in their health curriculum.

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Dozens face layoff in ASDB's Tucson campus move

Dozens face layoff in ASDB's Tucson campus move

    The board for the  Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind has approved more than 60 staffers as part of the school's move of its campus from Tucson to Oro Valley.

    Photos: Teddy Bear clinic at Canyon del Oro high school

    Photos: Teddy Bear clinic at Canyon del Oro high school

      Canyon del Oro early education and sports medicine students hosted the first annual Teddy Bear clinic for CDO preschoolers on Tuesday morning.

      ASDB abruptly ends Tucson community forum on school's planned move

      ASDB abruptly ends Tucson community forum on school's planned move

        Leaders from the Arizona School for the Deaf and Bling abruptly shut down a community meeting at the Tucson campus Monday night after frustrated audience members shouted questions about the effect the school's planned move would have on the education of their children.

        Photos: “Greatest Show and Tell on Earth” at Tully Elementary School

        Photos: “Greatest Show and Tell on Earth” at Tully Elementary School

          Faculty and families joined Tully Elementary students at their first ever maker faire "Greatest Show and Tell on Earth" on Friday morning.

          Layoffs hit ASDB in Tucson amid campus move, sources say

          Layoffs hit ASDB in Tucson amid campus move, sources say

            Several teachers working with blind students at the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in Tucson were notified Friday that they are being laid off, sources said.

            ASDB in Tucson to move to Oro Valley

            ASDB in Tucson to move to Oro Valley

              The Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind is leaving its longtime, sprawling campus on West Speedway, west of Interstate 10.

              Tucson elementary hosts maker faire

              Tucson elementary hosts maker faire

                Retired Tucson teacher who survived Nazi occupation of Holland dies at 100

                Retired Tucson teacher who survived Nazi occupation of Holland dies at 100

                Long-time Tucson school teacher Aleida Gehrels, who survived the Nazi occupation of her native Holland as a teenager, has died at 100.

                Amphitheater set to close 4 elementary schools

                Amphitheater set to close 4 elementary schools

                Four elementary schools in Tucson's Amphitheater unified School District could be closed for next school year, the district's superintendent said Monday evening.

                Flowing Wells $30M bond plan leading

                Flowing Wells $30M bond plan leading

                A $30 million plan to make improvements across Flowing Wells School District was winning voter approval Tuesday night, early election results showed.

                TUSD budget override ahead in early results

                TUSD budget override ahead in early results

                A budget override at Tucson Unified School District would allow for teacher raises and expansion of programs.

                Vail superintendent: Teachers' Halloween T-shirts not about Charlie Kirk

                Vail superintendent: Teachers' Halloween T-shirts not about Charlie Kirk

                Claims online that went viral over the weekend claim bloody T-shirts worn by some math teachers in the Vail school district east of Tucson were a reference to Charlie Kirk's killing. The district superintendent says they were bought, first worn long before Kirk's death.

                Sunnyside High unveils new lab

                Sunnyside High unveils new lab

                Photos: Mission View Elementary School celebrates upgrades

                Photos: Mission View Elementary School celebrates upgrades

                Mission View Elementary School was awarded $50,000 in renovations by the Big 12 and College Football Player's Foundation. 

                School closures possible at Amphi next year

                School closures possible at Amphi next year

                Up to five elementary schools could be closed by next year in the Amphitheater School District due to a drop in enrollment and funding cuts, its superintendent says.

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                Marana police: Boy, 11, accused of threatening classmate

                Marana police: Boy, 11, accused of threatening classmate

                An 11-year-old boy was arrested after police say he threatened a classmate at Marana's Leman Academy School of Excellence.

                TUSD tests new alert system

                TUSD tests new alert system

                Tucson charter school unionizes

                Tucson charter school unionizes

                The teachers and staff at a high regarded Tucson charter school have reached a bargaining agreement with their for-profit operators, becoming the first charter in Arizona to unionize.

                Horne tries again to force schools to use English immersion

                Horne tries again to force schools to use English immersion

                State schools chief Tom Horne is making a last-ditch effort to force schools to use only "structured English immersion'' to teach students who are not proficient.

                Cienega High students arrested after gun found at school

                Cienega High students arrested after gun found at school

                A student who was shown a gun at the Vail high school Friday morning notified authorities.

                Tucson event to provide back-to-school vaccines

                Tucson event to provide back-to-school vaccines

                The clinic will offer all recommended vaccines for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, the Pima County Health Department says.

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