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Transparency in public school hiring is not optional
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (203+ words) At a time when public confidence in school oversight is under increasing scrutiny, even routine decisions'like hiring teachers'deserve greater transparency than they often receive. Public education operates on trust. Parents trust that the individuals standing in front of classrooms are…...
Arizona teachers need action, not just appreciation
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (708+ words) Every teacher I've ever spoken with remembers the moment they knew they'd chosen the right profession. They recount the students who finally understood. The classroom that came alive with curiosity. The kids who came back years later to say thank…...
Ahwatukee girl, 7, needs community's votes | Community Focus | ahwatukee. com
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (316+ words) London Austin, a 7-year-old Summit School second grader, is in a national competition. People have one more day to help an Ahwatukee second-grader with a passion for science to advance in a national student competition. London Austin, a 7-year-old Summit…...
East Valley Institute of Technology releases some funds to districts suing it | News | ahwatukee. com
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (1032+ words) The East Valley Institute of Technology has agreed to partially fund the career and technical education programs of the nine districts suing it. And talks resumed to resolve their differences involving millions of dollars for their satellite CTE programs. The…...
Desert Vista, BASIS Ahwatukee field prestigious Flinn Scholars | Community Focus | ahwatukee. com
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (382+ words) Two Ahwatukee high schools seniors have won a prestigious Flinn Scholarship. Desert Vista High senior Rafael Mather Alvear and BASIS Ahwatukee senior Timothy Kulangara are among the 20 winners of the full-ride scholarship to the honors colleges at any of Arizona's…...
Valley students blast gaps in civics, financial literacy courses
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1382+ words) Arizona State Board of Education Student Advisory Panel Vice Chair Emilio Saenz and members Mariella Kho and Shreya Raman presented the group's findings on the low quality of civics and financial literacy education in public schools. Civics and financial literacy…...
Tempe Union launches broad effort to make schools safe
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1229+ words) Tempe Union aims to create "a complete physical shield" through target-hardening campuses. Tempe Union High School District is moving beyond defining school safety solely as a matter of locked doors, security officers and surveillance cameras. Instead, district officials are building…...
Judge lights a fire under all parties in East Valley Institute of Technology suit
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1119+ words) A'Maricopa County Superior Court judge has jumped into the escalating legal fight between nine school districts and the East Valley Institute of Technology and neither the plaintiffs nor the defendant are likely to be pleased. In a blistering order filed…...
Study shows how choice drives Kyrene pupil loss
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (1127+ words) The study by Dr. Thomas Hom and Dr. Bob Cizek illustrated the drop in the percentage of students living inside Kyrene boundaries left for other schools between 2021-22 and 2024-25." Kyrene School District isn't just losing students to declining birth rates " it's…...