The Chandler Unified School District Governing Board voted 3-2 to make a Native American land acknowledgment a permanent part of every board meeting and graduation ceremony.

The vacancy on Higley Unified School District’s Governing Board will be filled by appointment, following former board member Scott Glover’s abrupt resignation on July 20.

Scott Glover abruptly resigned from the Higley Unified School District Governing Board early last week, with approximately two years remaining in his four-year term.

The Queen Creek Unified School District Governing Board last week approved a $126 million budget for fiscal year 2026-27 that continues a downward trend in its property tax rate.

The Arizona Board of Education approved a second round of grant awards to fund school safety personnel across the state, pulling $53 million from the state School Safety Program’s carryover

The Tempe Elementary School District is preparing to adopt a nearly $112 million operating budget for the 2026-27 school year after approving $7.4 million in spending reductions earlier this year

The Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) Governing Board voted May 26 to raise property taxes by 5.2% – its first tax hike in more than a decade — to

Starting this summer, Higley Unified School District will lease 16,200 square feet of unused classroom space at Power Ranch Elementary School to a private special-education provider.

Higley Unified School District will host two parent-focused presentations on social media and youth safety this month as part of its Healthy Higley Parent Series.

This month, school resource officers for Great Hearts Arizona Charter Schools used spring break to spring into action, participating in a week-long program that culminated in a full-day, scenario-based active-shooter

The Higley Unified School District Governing Board approved a tentative $111.4 million maintenance and operations budget for the 2026-27 school year that relies on a combination of staff cuts and

The Arizona Auditor General’s annual school district reports show Queen Creek and Gilbert public school districts outperforming statewide averages on state assessment tests.

Mental health advocates say a bill moving through the state legislature could have detrimental effects on Arizona students while its proponents say it will return to parents the right to

Three Queen Creek Unified students are spelling success, participating in the Maricopa Region Six Spelling Bee on Thursday, Feb. 12, after dominating in the district spelling bee last month.

The State House Committee on Education last week advanced a bill that, if passed, would allow patriotic youth groups to speak to students and share materials at schools with principal

Arizona’s Education Savings Account (ESA) program has surpassed 100,000 students, a milestone that underscores the scale of a program that has existed for more than a decade but expanded rapidly

Queen Creek Unified is one of the few area school districts seeing enrollment growth, but the district’s demographer projects that growth has slowed sharply and offers “a sign of what

Only three months after the application’s opening, Arizona’s high school class of 2026 is more than halfway to reaching the state’s 48% Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion

A frightening incident sparked glowing support from Higley High and Williams Field High Schools students as they stepped up to support an out-of-state officer injured in the line of duty.

The Higley Unified School District Governing Board has started early conversations that will shape next school year’s budget priorities.

Families and students of Crismon and Eastmark high schools should expect construction in school parking lots starting in the spring.

Higley Unified parents showed up at last week’s Governing Board meeting to voice support for cherished programs now at risk for reductions following the recent voter rejection of the district’s

Higley Unified appeared likely to see another $5 million funding cut next school year after voters once again rejected the district’s budget override in the 2025 all-mail election, ac cording

Last school year was a standout for schools serving Queen Creek as nearly all achieved top scores in the Arizona Department of Education’s newly released 2024-25 A-F letter grades.

Students in Queen Creek Unified District outperformed statewide averages in all subjects on Arizona’s Spring 2025 state assessments for English Language Arts, mathematics, and science.

As it hopes voters change their mind from last year’s defeat of a 15% operating budget override, Higley Unified officials broke down how it spent the override money that it

Reacting to a rise in preventable incidents and damages that have cost taxpayers $100,000 since July, Queen Creek Unified School District has changed its refresher training rules for its bus

Applications for the Queen Creek Schools Education Foundation scholarships and grants are open for district seniors and staff.

One in three Arizona high school students were chronically absent from school in the 2023-24 school year, according to a report released last week by Helios Education Foundation in partnership

Williams Field High School students now have a more spacious criminal justice facility where they can gain real-world training in law enforcement, forensics, dispatch, court services, and corrections.

Early voting begins this week as Higley Unified School District officials hope voters change their minds and approve the 15% maintenance and operating budget they rejected last November.

Arizona has seen a consistent increase in high school students getting a head start on college in dual enrollment programs.

At 17, Rigo Jackson isn’t quite an average teen.

The Higley Unified School District Governing Board last week voted unanimously to approve a settlement of a lawsuit by a Texas educator it hired as its next superintendent in 2024

Biology class just got a lot more engaging for students at Arizona State University Polytechnic, where students are using virtual reality to explore it through immersive lessons that apply real-world

Arizona leaders, advocates, and youth gathered last month for Stronger Together: Safe Minds, Safe Communities – an East Valley Teen Mental Health and Violence Prevention Summit.

Some experts wonder how much dyslexia is contributing to Arizona’s literacy crisis and whether it’s being addressed adequately.

Three Maricopa Community Colleges will reform their programs to guide more community college students into paths that lead directly to good jobs or bachelor’s degrees.

The Gilbert Police Department partnered with the Higley Unified School District to help students in need with the first annual “Shop with a Police Officer” event one month into the

Higley Unified students were handed override election flyers by staffers who told them to distribute them at Higley High School’s curriculum night, apparently in violation of state law.

Hundreds of East Valley high school seniors are continuing to miss out on a gateway to financial help for college and other post-graduate education programs.

With an executive order from President Donald Trump, the Presidential Fitness Test is making a comeback 12 years after being discontinued in favor of the Presidential Youth Fitness Program.

Anticipating exponential growth in the next six years, Queen Creek Unified School District administration is requesting state funding for four major construction projects in its fiscal year 2026 capital plan.

Arizona has launched a five-year strategic plan to raise 72% of all third graders reading proficiency by 2030, aiming to reverse a troubling post-pandemic decline in literacy.

Higley Unified students will have the opportunity to help decide how district funds are spent on their campuses in the upcoming school year.

The Arizona Consolidated State Performance Report for the 2021-22 school year – the most recent available – identified over 6,000 homeless students enrolled in grades nine through 12, though other

The state Board of Education last week approved the 2026 Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Parent Handbook in an 8-1 decision despite numerous parents urging its rejection.

The state Board of Education last week approved the 2026 Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Parent Handbook in an 8-1 decision despite numerous parents urging its rejection.

The Queen Creek Unified School District Governing Board last week approved a tentative $150 million operating budget for the 2025-26 school year amid uncertainty created by Republican infighting at the