Disability

Arizona families, school leaders and policymakers weigh in on ESAs as KAWC examines school choice, access, cost and accountability — and asks what education is for.

A special Educating Yuma takeover of Arizona Edition explores why families use ESAs, what school choice looks like in Yuma and where questions of access and accountability remain.

Arizona parents use Empowerment Scholarship Accounts for reasons ranging from disability services to homeschooling and religious education. They share what school choice looks like for their families.

What started as a small playgroup has grown into an inclusive community space for connection in Yuma.

The KAWC Student Newsroom explores what it means to be neurodivergent, and the ways neurodivergent folks navigate their experiences. —Funding for the KAWC Student Newsroom is supported by the Local News Initiative of Southern Arizona, a fund of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, the Scripps Howard Fund, and generous individual local support.

Students with significant cognitive disabilities at District One are outperforming the state average on the Arizona MSAA assessment.