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Students follow a lecture at the University of Arizona.

Enrollment continues to rise at Arizona's Public Universities

Dec 3, 2019 The growth is strongest in online program enrollment
Free lunch and breakfast from the Sunnyside Unified School District fill a need for kids who rely on those meals during the school year.

Pizza, hamburgers and ... local broccoli? School lunch in Tucson

Nov 29, 2019 70 years on, a WWII-era program to combat malnutrition is healthier than ever.
The Arizona flag waves in the wind on a flagpole in Willcox.

Poll finds division and common ground in what Arizonans care about

Nov 25, 2019 State residents placed issues like water and education among their highest priorities.
Old Main on the campus of the University of Arizona.

How Arizona's universities rank in R & D spending

Nov 25, 2019 The state's public schools rank high in space, social science and geoscience research spending.
The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center says people should stop using e-cigarettes while an investigation into respiratory illnesses continues.

State board to consider banning sale of vaping products at universities

Nov 20, 2019 Regent says it's the board's responsibility in the wake of vaping-related illnesses and deaths in the U.S.
Students walk along the mall on the campus of the University of Arizona. From August, 2019.

Number of international students down at Arizona universities

Nov 18, 2019 International students pay about three times as much tuition as in-state students at Arizona's three state universities.
TUSD Governing Board member Bruce Burke sits for an interview with Arizona Public Media's Duncan Moon on November 5, 2019.

TUSD board member Bruce Burke on his return to the district

Nov 8, 2019 The retired attorney previously served from 2003-2010.
A line of lockers at a high school.

NAEP report shows Arizona schools making slow progress

Oct 31, 2019 New funding will be needed for the state to make more significant progress
A study has found more than 8% of Arizona children are uninsured.

Study: Arizona among states with highest rates of uninsured children

Oct 30, 2019 Researchers put the state at more than 3 percentage points above the national average
Cesar Gutierrez, right, receives the Harbor Freight Tools For Schools award for teacher excellence.

Desert View teacher wins $100,000 excellence award from tool company

Oct 25, 2019 Cesar Gutierrez, a precision manufacturing teacher, is one of three winners nationwide of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools prize.
Smoke from a cigarette.

Tucson raises minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21

Oct 23, 2019 The 6-1 vote makes Tucson the fifth city in the state to adopt such an ordinance.
The College of Education building at the University of Arizona.

Grant to help UA prepare interpreters to serve deaf students

Oct 23, 2019 The project director says it's rare to get funding to train undergraduates for educational interpreters.
A rendering of the building for UA's recently approved veterinary medicine program.

UA gets go-ahead to open school of veterinary medicine

Oct 22, 2019 The program will be the first public vet school in Arizona.
Scientists theorize dark matter exists in the space between galaxies.

UA prof giving public talk on dark matter in Spanish

Oct 21, 2019 Graduate students had the idea to host a lecture for Spanish speakers.
The TUSD Governing Board at its Aug. 8, 2019 meeting.

Changes coming to TUSD board

Oct 17, 2019 Reflections on Southern Arizona's largest school district as the process begins to replace a resigning member.
Kids at school.

Effort to nix English immersion in Arizona finds support

Oct 14, 2019 Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle point to data suggesting immersion doesn't ease students' struggles.

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