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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.

Arizona’s State Board of Education has begun revising the state’s A-F school accountability system, starting with the elimination of its Bonus Points category.

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’s ESA program has grown from 144 participants to nearly 103K. KAWC looks at how the program works, how spending's monitored and why it remains one of Arizona’s most contested policies.

Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz counties.

Attorney General Kris Mayes is accusing top Republican legislators of trying to do an end-run around the lawmaking process by asking the state Supreme Court to make a change in how appellate judges are elected.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to review the legality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.KAWC’s Stephanie Sanchez has more.In the case between S.S.…