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Revisit the most popular stories on KJZZ.org this year.

These were the top 5 most-viewed education stories on KJZZ.org in 2025

Sky Schaudt/KJZZ, Matthew Casey/KJZZ, Getty Images, KJZZ

It's been another busy news year. We’re taking a look back at the stories that captured your attention these last 12 months.

We’re not saying these are the biggest stories out of Arizona this year — just the ones you, our audience, viewed the most.

Revisit the most popular education stories on KJZZ.org this year.

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The University of Arizona will end a program bringing nutrition education to people on food assistance throughout the state.
Mariana Dale
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KJZZ
To date, 64 grants have been terminated or stop-work ordered at the University of Arizona, according to an internal university website.
Matthew Casey/KJZZ
Tensions were high Thursday morning at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting in Tucson. Students and staff at the state’s public universities spoke out ahead of a vote to scrub board policies of words like diversity and affirmative action.
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Enrollment at colleges and universities nationwide has dropped 15% over the last decade — but not in Arizona. Public universities here are breaking records instead.
Julie Levin/KJZZ
The Arizona Supreme Court has set a new statewide precedent after ruling that schools are not responsible for keeping students safe when going to and from campus.

Senior field correspondent Bridget Dowd has a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Nick Karmia is a reporter at KJZZ.
KJZZ senior field correspondent Kathy Ritchie has 20 years of experience reporting and writing stories for national and local media outlets — nearly a decade of it has been spent in public media.
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