K-12 Public Schools

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’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.

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.

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.

KAWC presents a first-of-its-kind statewide town hall featuring leading voices on early childhood, K-12 and post-secondary education.

KAWC presenta un foro público pionero que reúne a las voces más destacadas de la educación en Arizona sobre uno de los problemas más críticos del estado.

Arizona Department of Education will disburse federal funds to schools as soon as possible, but conversations with Yuma and La Paz schools highlights the precarious nature of public school funding. (Source: ADE)

Local, state and federal experts weigh in on the implications and legality of the Trump admin's $6.8B federal K-12 funding freeze.

Republicans who have championed school choice programs, including a voucher program that allows state money to fund private school tuition, now want to require Arizona's public school districts to let private school students compete on their sports teams.