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Two children playing baseball on the street in Yalambojoch.

Surge in Family Migration Leaving Void in Rural Guatemalan Schools, Communities

Mar 29, 2019 Chairs pile up in the classrooms of villages where debt cycles and tougher immigration enforcement mean a new migration trend: parents traveling with younger children.

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Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Tribal College Scholarship Program

Mar 28, 2019 The program survived last year's proposed cuts, but it's on the table again this year.

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UA Gender Violence Consortium Ramping Up Services for Victims

Mar 28, 2019 The center received a major grant to answer questions about gender-based violence.

Happy kids receive cheers at the finish line of the annual autism walk, hosted by The Autism Society of Southern Arizona.

Untold Stories of Autism

Mar 27, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson points out a conversation more parents should have with their kids; and Vanessa Bell Calloway brings "Letters from Zora" to The Invisible Theatre.

Grant Will Send Students from Low-Income Households on Free Field Trips

Mar 27, 2019 The Angel Charity for Children Scholarship will cover the cost of overnight visits to Camp Cooper for more than 900 students.

Arizona Charter School Legislation Appears Dead

Mar 26, 2019 The legislation was prompted by growing public scrutiny of charter schools, their finances and their owners.

Supporting Early Childhood Education

Mar 22, 2019 Groups in Pima County push to increase access to high-quality early childhood education.

Semba's due date is in the spring of 2020

Elephant Birth on the Horizon at Reid Park Zoo

Mar 19, 2019 29-year-old Semba to give birth to her fourth calf in spring 2020.

A billboard advertises University of Arizona programs offered in Nogales, Arizona.

Santa Cruz Center Serves Binational Student Body

Mar 17, 2019 The provisional community college district is focused on educating the local workforce.

GOP Arizona Senators Back Charter Oversight Legislation

Mar 15, 2019 Opposing Democrats said the legislation was written by the charter industry and doesn't do enough to end problems.

Two P-51 Mustangs, an F-35 Lightning II and a P-38 Lightning fly in formation during the 2016 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 5, 2016.

Changes at Davis-Monthan; Youth ROTC

Mar 14, 2019 A look at changes at Davis-Monthan AFB and a program to recruit the next generation of airmen.

University of Arizona students Nathon Smith and Estelle Brugere in front of a wall they constructed at a Habitat for Humanity site in Tucson over spring break

Students Opt to Care, Not Carouse, Over Spring Break

Mar 14, 2019 Honors Alternative Spring Break chooses community service over partying.

Dunbar Programs to Help Communities of Color Reclaim Health Practices

Mar 14, 2019 The grant-funded educational project focuses on historical black and indigenous plant-based health care practices.

Dr. Andrew Weil speaks at his press briefing at his University of Arizona Health Science Innovation Building on March 12, 2019.

Alternative-Medicine Advocate Weil Gives $15M to UA Center

Mar 13, 2019 The university is naming its integrative medicine center for its founder.

Violeta gets support from her mother, 18-year-old Corina Perez, in the Infant Center run by Sunnyside High School's Teenage Parent Program on March 5, 2019.

Teen Moms, Families Get Child Care Help Through School District

Mar 8, 2019 A look at how Sunnyside Unified School District programs have helped hundreds of students.

Tucson-Area School Districts Opting for AzMERIT Alternatives

Mar 7, 2019 Tanque Verde, Flowing Wells and Tucson Unified School District are dropping the AZMerit test.

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