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A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Online university fined $22M for misleading students

Mar 8, 2022 The University of Arizona has since acquired the university and rebranded the online school.
A sign on the campus of the University of Arizona directs visitors to a COVID-19 testing site, August 2020.

Robbins urges students to test before, after Spring break

Feb 21, 2022 COVID-19 cases fall to new lows on campus.
The shoes of children as they sit in a row inside a kindergarten classroom.

Avoiding budget cuts, Arizona Senate votes to raise spending limit for public schools

Feb 21, 2022 The 23-6 vote followed House approval of a similar measure last week.
File photo of a pedestrian crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales.

University of Arizona border research center receives $1.5 million grant from Mellon foundation

Feb 21, 2022 The Confluencenter, which focuses much of it resources on the arts and social sciences, plans to continue backing student-run research along the U.S.-Mexico border
The shoes of children as they sit in a row inside a kindergarten classroom.

GOP-led Arizona Senate OKs huge school voucher expansion

Feb 17, 2022 The bill makes as many as 85% of the state’s 1.1 million public school students eligible for vouchers.
Children's toys.

Pima County-funded preschool program growing slowly

Feb 15, 2022 COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges for the program.
The shoes of children as they sit in a row inside a kindergarten classroom.

GOP-led Arizona Senate panel OKs school voucher expansions

Feb 9, 2022 The bill would make all children attending schools with a high percentage of low-income families or who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches eligible for the state’s voucher program.
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman at Arizona Public Media on October 3, 2019.

State school superintendent says schools will close if spending cap is not raised

Feb 8, 2022 Districts face over $1.1 billion in cuts statewide, Kathy Hoffman warned lawmakers Tuesday.
Robert Robbins at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting where his contract was approved, April 7, 2017.

Robbins says University of Arizona will 'fully integrate' Global Campus

Jan 28, 2022 Faculty have concerns about the troubled online school.
The Tucson Unified School District building.

TUSD board says temporary remote days would not constitute a school closure

Jan 27, 2022 The district is looking for ways to cope with teacher absences due to COVID-19
Mya Yazzie, a Diné 17-year-old senior at Sunnyside High School, looks at an Indigenous focused college guidebook with Felisia Tagaban Gaskin, a Diné UA and Sunnyside Unified School District employee supporting Indigenous high schoolers in higher education.

A partnership blooms after UA dissertation highlights recruitment biases in higher ed

Jan 27, 2022 One aspect of the partnership is to support Sunnyside and Desert View high school students interested in college.
The shoes of children as they sit in a row inside a kindergarten classroom.

Arizona loosens rules limiting work by substitute teachers

Jan 25, 2022 Groups representing rural schools and school administrators proposed the changes.
Outside of the Robert D. Morrow Education Center for Tucson Unified School District.

TUSD not expected to close any schools due to Omicron surge

Jan 25, 2022 Superintendent Trujillo says current pandemic-driven teacher shortage is manageable
A sculpture outside of the University of Arizona's Main Library is donned with a face mask.

University of Arizona officials sticking with in-person classes

Jan 24, 2022 University testing shows a COVID positivity rate of close to 11%.
Children at school during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Treasury: Arizona risks relief funds over anti-mandate rules

Jan 14, 2022 At issue are two state programs that are meant to help schools and students but that direct funding away from jurisdictions with mask requirements.
COVID testing site near the University of Arizona student union on Dec. 14, 2022.

University of Arizona gives students money for COVID-19 testing, vaccinations

Jan 14, 2022 Organizers of the Star Rewards Program say the effort has led to an increase in testing and vaccine document uploads.

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