The Arizona Department of Education’s recently preliminary letter grades for individual Mesa district and charter schools include both successes and areas for improvement.
In recent months, Shivani Dalal has had to give up her favorite ramen noodles and find a second job, as soaring inflation has strained her meager teachers salary. Teachers in Arizona are among the United States lowest paid, making the cost-of-living crisis even more acute for educators in this key ..
Kathy Hoffman sent a direct letter to Gov. Doug Ducey to ask that he call a special legislative session now to help lift the spending cap for Arizona schools.
With little hope that state lawmakers will pass gun-control measures in the wake of the latest school shooting, Arizona educators find themselves balancing the competing goals of hardening schools while making them welcoming places.