Arizona Department of Education

As the new year begins, KAWC looks back on the biggest news of 2025.

In this week's Arizona Edition, the annual Dia Del Campesino in San Luis, the University of Arizona partners with Onvida Health and the state's governing body for higher education and the head of K-12 education were in Yuma on Thursday.

The Arizona Department of Education released letter grades for all of Arizona's public schools this week. Most Yuma and La Paz schools earned a B or above.

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

The USDA's Summer Nutrition (SUN) Program is providing free breakfast and lunch to any kids ages 18 and under at participating school kitchens throughout the country.

The U.S. Department of Education has issued a letter to educators nationwide, warning that racial discrimination under Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives may put institutions at risk of losing federal funding and could constitute civil rights violations.

Aneli Obregon has been teaching for 18 years in Yuma School District One, all at at Sunrise Elementary School.

A new survey released Tuesday by the state Department of Education of those who did not return to teaching this year finds some other factors are bigger drivers, including burnout, lack of respect and that student behavior and discipline problems were an issue at their school last year.

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