The taxpayer money is given to qualifying families on reloadable Visa cards and purchases are limited to educational therapies, private-school tuition, homeschooling curriculum, online classes, community-college tuition and other items.| The Arizona Republic
Every day hundreds of thousands of Arizona children ride yellow school buses to and from school or on field trips. Parents and students assume the school buses are safe, regardless of where they live or how long the ride. But an investigation by The Arizona Republic sheds light on what many parents and administrators may find stunning./>| azcentral
With hefty tuition, Arizona’s elite Catholic high schools struggle with a reputation of educating only rich students.| The Arizona Republic
State ranked No. 3 in nation for choices offered to parents.| The Arizona Republic
Arizona got an F for its support of public education on a new report card from a national education advocacy group, but the nation as a whole didn’t do much better, with no state getting better than a C.| The Arizona Republic
Guns on campus, cursive writing, restored funding for career and technical ed among many items facing state Legislature.| The Arizona Republic
A program that legislative budget staff in 1997 estimated would cost $4.5 million a year now tops $140 million.| The Arizona Republic
azcentral.com is the digital home of The Arizona Republic newspaper, with breaking news, sports, politics, things to do, travel and opinions.| The Arizona Republic
Editorial: Doug Ducey took small steps to better fund K-12 education. But a true fix is going to take and a lot more work.| The Arizona Republic
It's been six months since Arizona acquired the distinction of being the most-stringent state in the nation for welfare benefits.But on Monday, Gov.| The Arizona Republic
Editorial: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's State of the State speech puts two of his priorities in conflict.| The Arizona Republic
Gov. Doug Ducey rolled out a wide-ranging agenda for Arizona schools, proposing things such as teacher pay hikes, signing bonuses and loan forgiveness to attract more people to Arizona's decimated teaching ranks.| The Arizona Republic
Gov. Doug Ducey lays out ambitious agenda for education, but how will state leaders pay for it?| The Arizona Republic
Arizona teachers are among the lowest-paid in the nation. Gov. Doug Ducey promised Monday to improve on that — if only incrementally.| The Arizona Republic
There's a movement to require all public schools to offer full-day kindergarten but nobody is sure how to pay for it.| The Arizona Republic
Glenn Hamer has found himself in a social-media firestorm after calling teachers unions "crybabies" for trying to get teachers higher wages.| The Arizona Republic
As deadlines neared, lawmakers dealt with packed agendas by limiting the time the public had to speak.| The Arizona Republic
Arizona education advocate Erin Hart was correct when she told The Republic that the state ranks 50th in median teacher salary.| The Arizona Republic
Opinion: Republicans assure us school vouchers save Arizona money, allowing legions of poor children to flee failing public schools. Neither is true.| The Arizona Republic
Opinion: Kari Lake once called abortion 'the ultimate sin.' Now she says she wouldn't vote for a national abortion ban. How does that make sense?| The Arizona Republic
La Corte Suprema de Arizona sostuvo una prohibición de aborto que ha estado vigente desde hace más de un siglo. Cómo afectaría a clínicas del estado.| The Arizona Republic
"I made a promise to Arizonans that I would do everything in my power to protect reproductive freedom,” Gov. Katie Hobbs said in a prepared statement.| The Arizona Republic
Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed into law a contentious bill criminalizing abortions based on genetic conditions.| The Arizona Republic
Leaders with Planned Parenthood Arizona said after Tuesday's state Supreme Court decision they expect to legally offer abortions at least through May.| The Arizona Republic
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes react April 9, 2024, to the Arizona Supreme Court's ruling backing a near-total abortion ban.| The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban that could shutter clinics, saying the law that existed before statehood could be enforced.| The Arizona Republic
The U.S. Forest Service has withdrawn the final environmental impact statement for a huge copper mine project by Resolution Copper near Superior.| The Arizona Republic
In the state Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow majority, it's unclear if the expansion legislation will muster enough votes to advance.| The Arizona Republic
A Washington, D.C., group that backs widening a program to allow students to use public money for private education is influencing Arizona elections| The Arizona Republic
Lawmakers have delayed debate of a plan to expand a program for families to put tax money towards private-school tuition| The Arizona Republic
Republic analysis shows more kids who use public money for private schools come from wealthy and high-performing districts.| The Arizona Republic
Every Arizona public-school student could get state money to attend private schools by 2020 under a vast expansion of a school-voucher program lawmakers are attempting to fast-track.| The Arizona Republic
Viewpoints: Doug Ducey explains his proposed budget, which invests in education and creating "opportunity for all."| The Arizona Republic
Arizonans waited nearly a year for Gov. Doug Ducey make good on a promise that Proposition 123 was just the first step in increasing school funding.| The Arizona Republic
Parents, educators are working to influence the state budget and other legislation they say will affect them for years.| The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Supreme Court has cleared the way for Proposition 305, a ballot initiative on expansion of the state's school voucher-style program.| The Arizona Republic
School-choice advocates aren't campaigning against Prop. 305 yet because it offers them bad choices no matter the outcome.| The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic reveals what charter schools don't tell parents. See the ongoing investigation here| The Arizona Republic
The state has launched a criminal investigation into allegations public education money was used to pay for an abortion.| The Arizona Republic
Remember this day, when Gov. Doug Ducey and the Legislature sold out Arizona's public schools.| The Arizona Republic
A plan to allow families to sock away school-voucher money in college-savings accounts might be abandoned.| The Arizona Republic
Two new reports and research by The Republic cast doubt on claims that expanding vouchers will save state tax dollars.| The Arizona Republic
Republican lawmakers are renewing their efforts to expand a program that allows parents to use public money to pay the educational expenses of children who attend private schools or are homeschooled.| The Arizona Republic
Gov. Doug Ducey's budget includes $176 million in new spending proposals, mostly for public schools.| The Arizona Republic
Gov. Doug Ducey's 15 steps to improve Arizona education| The Arizona Republic
Diane Douglas is slamming coverage of her department's inability to provide data on Arizona's school-voucher program.| The Arizona Republic
The Goldwater Institute sent an email promising to remove the enrollment caps on the school-voucher program's expansion.| The Arizona Republic
It will be difficult, if not impossible, to track the increased spending and any improvement in student performance.| The Arizona Republic
School voucher bill protest at Arizona Capitol| The Arizona Republic
An audit found officials failed to flag accounts at risk for fraud. That allowed parents to make numerous improper purchases using voucher money.| The Arizona Republic
Late Thursday night, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law an expansion of Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program.| The Arizona Republic
Lawmakers were told in 2011 that oversight of the voucher program was so weak, it "was almost a sham." Little has changed.| The Arizona Republic
A grassroots group of Arizona parents successfully overturned the massive school voucher expansion, as Prop. 305 was defeated.| The Arizona Republic
Our 15-year-old son died by suicide. He died because our insurance company deemed his mental health treatment as not medically necessary.| The Arizona Republic
Republicans assure us their universal voucher program will save Arizona money. They clearly don't understand how schools and ESAs are funded.| The Arizona Republic
The Gaggle breaks down Arizona's Supreme Court ruling to uphold an 1864 abortion law and the ensuing legal and political fallout.| The Arizona Republic
The 1864 law mandates prison time for abortion providers and only allows for abortion if the mother's life is at risk.| The Arizona Republic
