K-12 education

The Peoria Unified School District's governing board has appointed a new interim superintendent. The decision drew criticism from the community amid a teacher sex scandal and other leadership changes.

FAFSA completion rates are going up across the country. Here in Arizona, by almost 20%. And they could get even higher.

The Republican candidates for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction faced off in a primary election debate Thursday night.

The president of Arizona’s largest teachers’ union says a recent audit of the state’s school voucher program reinforces what teachers have been saying for years: that the program is fraught with waste and abuse.

TUSD Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo said he and a board member have sat down with ASDB parents and “made promises.”

Following a scathing report by state auditors, both Republicans and Democrats say something needs to change in Arizona’s billion-dollar school voucher program.

The Democratic candidates for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction faced off in a primary election debate Wednesday night. Both candidates agreed the state’s voucher system needs more oversight.

"Science of reading” reforms did not guarantee success. Some states, including Florida, Arizona and Nebraska, changed parts of their reading instruction but still saw test scores fall.

State auditors identified a litany of issues with Arizona’s $1 billion school voucher program that they say could put public dollars at risk.

The measure, which needs a final vote in the Senate, would also ban unions from deducting dues from public school teacher paychecks.