Devin Del Palacio, who was hired as the executive director of the Arizona School Boards Association in June, has resigned from his position following a mutual agreement.
West-MEC is furthering its reach into innovative education, as the school has recently added an Energy in Manufacturing Systems program to its repertoire.
Benedictine University last week unveiled the Redhawk Promise – a financial aid program that provides all first-time, first-year freshmen and transfer/degree completion undergraduate students in Mesa “the certainty that a
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes want a judge to toss a lawsuit filed against them by state schools chief Tom Horne because they can’t give him the
State will not issue school letter grades, governor orders learning-loss study
State moving forward with AZ Merit testing.
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PHOENIX â Arizona schools will not receive A-F letter grades for the 2020-2021 school year. This, after Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill Monday pausing the state s school grading system, due to the unique circumstances families and students have faced during the pandemic this last year.
The system was also paused last year for the 2019-2020 school year, as districts across the state navigated school closures and remote learning.
The governor also issued an executive order Tuesday, instructing the Arizona Board of Education to utilize AZM2 (AZMerit) Assessment data from this school year to draw comparisons to prior years and identify the extent of learning loss that has occurred. He goes on to write in a letter to Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, This data will then be used to ensure targeted and evidence-based