Education in Arizona

The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools has initiated proceedings to revoke the charter of Primavera Online School, an online institution serving approximately 6,787 K-12 students statewide.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is urging local school districts and charter schools to implement stricter attendance policies in response to rising rates of chronic absenteeism among public school students.

A group of U.S. senators, led by Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), is raising concerns over financial uncertainty facing Head Start programs nationwide following a government-wide funding freeze initiated under the Trump administration.

Currently, more than 800 schools across Arizona are enrolled in the program, which equips each school with one albuterol inhaler and 10 spacers for administering the medication.

Arizona is getting $34.8 million in federal funds to help create and expand charter schools in the state.

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

Earlier this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded $900 million of Clean School Bus Program funding to more than 500 districts across the country, some of which came to Arizona.

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.

Lorenzo Chavez, Executive Director of Education and Scholarships at the Arizona Community Foundation, speaks on a new report outlining challenges and offering solutions to support and mentor good teachers in Arizona.

Education and community leaders gathered Tuesday at Arizona Western College to discuss how more of the state’s residents can work toward earning a college…