Education Funding

Nation's top education official came to Arizona to prod Gov. Katie Hobbs to allow Arizona parents and students have access to additional source of free education funds.

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.

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.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs discussed education, school vouchers and rising costs during a campaign stop in Yuma's Chile Pepper restaurant.

Republican legislative leaders are asking an appeals court to block or delay a judge’s order requiring Arizona to fix its school funding system, which was ruled unconstitutional.

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.

Yuma School District One broke ground on a new Price Elementary at Yuma Proving Ground, replacing the aging campus with a modern facility funded in part by an $8 million DoD grant.

An Arizona judge has given the state eight months to fix its school facilities funding system. Yuma’s Crane School District, a plaintiff in the case, is weighing in.

Castle Dome Middle School has reopened after cooling system repairs that forced a temporary closure during classes, highlighting broader issues with Arizona’s school facilities funding system.