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K-12

Pueblo High mariachi to compete in Texas

Pueblo High mariachi to compete in Texas

  • Sierra Blaser

Pueblo High School's mariachi group, Mariachi Aztlán, will open the main concert at the inaugural Avanzando Mariachi Conference in San Antonio. The conference takes place July 19–23.

Proposed Arizona amendment targets education union funding

Proposed Arizona amendment targets education union funding

  • Sierra Blaser

Arizona voters could be asked to weigh in on a proposal that would limit how public schools interact with teacher unions. Supporters say the measure would prevent public resources from supporting private organizations, while union leaders argue it would disrupt existing agreements and weaken…

Arizona's GOP legislative leaders try to block order to fix school funding system

Arizona's GOP legislative leaders try to block order to fix school funding system

  • Howard Fischer

Republican legislative leaders are asking an appeals court to block or delay a judge’s order requiring Arizona to overhaul its public school funding system. The dispute centers on whether lawmakers have provided enough money for school facilities and equipment, with educators arguing that st…

Teachers in TUSD set to get pay raises

Teachers in TUSD set to get pay raises

  • Sierra Blaser

Tucson Unified School District teachers will receive a $3,000 salary increase under a newly approved pay plan funded by last year’s voter-approved override. The district also approved a one-time bonus for teachers, higher substitute pay and several new administrative appointments.

Education notes

Education notes

  • Sierra Blaser

TUSD provides free summer meals

Class of 2026

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Pomp & circumstance at  Vail Academy and High School

Pomp & circumstance at Vail Academy and High School

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GOP rivals for Arizona schools chief spar over vouchers oversight

GOP rivals for Arizona schools chief spar over vouchers oversight

    PHOENIX — State Treasurer Kimberly Yee lashed out Wednesday at schools chief Tom Horne, saying a new report by the Auditor General's Office "confirms my allegations of complete chaos within the Department of Education."

    Tucson's Palo Verde High to transition to four-day week

    Tucson's Palo Verde High to transition to four-day week

      The Tucson Unified School District governing board has unanimously approved a one-year pilot program for a four-day school week at Palo Verde High School.

      Tucson teacher honored

      Tucson teacher honored

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

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

          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

            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

              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

                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

                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

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

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                Career exploration

                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.

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                Northwest Tucson's Uptown project lands 2 restaurants, tasting room

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                Arizona's GOP legislative leaders try to block order to fix school funding system

                Arizona's GOP legislative leaders try to block order to fix school funding system

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                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

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