Arizona Department of Education

In the final part of KAWC’s ESA series, supporters and critics find unexpected common ground on school choice and accountability — but sharply different ideas about what those principles should mean.

Arizona ESAs carry a lower price tag than public school spending, but that doesn’t necessarily mean equivalent savings for the state. KAWC examines the math behind one of the program’s central claims.

Attorney General Kris Mayes is dropping her legal fight to require parents of children who get vouchers to document each time how their purchases of items are truly educational.

YUHSD’s Kacie Baker has received a state award for helping students with disabilities and their families prepare for life after high school.

The Fortify AZ initiative being pitched to voters would impose new tasks on the state's Empowerment Scholarship Account program to curb costs and provide accountability.

Starting this fall, Arizona State University will be partnering with the Arizona Department of Education to offer a variety of supports addressing teacher shortages and academic performance, particularly in rural and high-need areas.

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.