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Outside of the Robert D. Morrow Education Center for Tucson Unified School District.

TUSD school year to start with staff shortages and security upgrades

Jul 21, 2022 Southern Arizona's largest school district is "working creatively" to solve the challenges
A Tucson firefighter checks out damage in the English wing of Salpointe High school in Tucson, Monday July 18, 2022.

Fire burns Salpointe Catholic High School

Jul 18, 2022 One wing was severly damaged.
Instructors interact with preschool-aged children at the Casa de los Niños Kelly Early Education Center on May 29, 2019.

Pima County increases preschool and childcare assistance

Jul 18, 2022 Help available for people making up to 300% of federal poverty level

Where's the new money in the state budget going?

Jul 8, 2022 We look at a handful of areas that will see a notable increase in funds this fiscal year
The shoes of children as they sit in a row inside a kindergarten classroom.

Arizona OKs biggest US school voucher plan, faces challenge

Jul 7, 2022 Arizona has the most expansive education options in the nation and will have the most comprehensive voucher system if the bill takes effect.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona COVID transmission numbers climb

Jul 5, 2022 Most of the state is now considered to have a high transmission rate.
In recent years the College of Medicine had zero or one Indigenous graduate per class, but in the spring of 2019, eight members of American Indian tribes became the latest doctors from the UA.

Indigenous students to get full University of Arizona tuition

Jun 27, 2022 University will pay tuition and fees for all who qualify.
File image of a row of lockers in a school.

Making college credits easier to access in Cochise County

Jun 24, 2022 Buena High School introduces new dual enrollment program

Arizona House GOP backs universal school voucher expansion

Jun 22, 2022 They vote Wednesday advances a bill that would allow all 1.1 million public school students to use public money to attend a private schools.
The shoes of children as they sit in a row inside a kindergarten classroom.

Education in the summer

Jun 17, 2022 This week, The Buzz focuses on education and the summer ahead.
The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

House committee advances school voucher expansion

Jun 15, 2022 Any student could qualify for the state's voucher program, under a bill filed by Republicans this week.
Program director Rudy McCormack (center) and staff at UA College Academy for Parents.

New state grants help point families to higher education goals

Jun 2, 2022 University of Arizona College Academy for Parents encourages parents to start quest for college early.
A masked teacher offers instruction to a student at the International School of Tucson. February 2021.

Tucson teachers earn less than teachers in similar Western cities

May 24, 2022 A study by University of Arizona economists shows teacher salaries in Tucson aren’t keeping up with the nation or even Western cities comparable in size or cost of living
Kathy Short in the Worlds of Words library at UA's Department of Education.

International exhibition focuses on children's pandemic self-portraits

May 2, 2022 Tucson is the show's first stop outside of Germany.
Organic marijuana being grown at an Arizona farm for processing into medical marijuana.

Cannabis courses offered by University of Arizona

Apr 27, 2022 Voters made the recreational marijuana business legal, but they didn't make it easy.
Students take part in a construction-skills competition at Catalina Hills High School, April 2022

Students compete at southern Arizona construction-skills competition

Apr 12, 2022 Corporate sponsored events offers a chance for them to get good-paying jobs in an exploding industry

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