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Students’ AzMERIT test scores went down across the board this year in Peoria Unified, compared with past years.
AzMERIT scores in Peoria Unified go down across the board
This year’s AzMERIT test scores in the Peoria Unified School District went down across the board in both elementary school standardized tests — English language arts and math. more
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Deer Valley Unified’s new elementary school seen under construction Oct. 15 at the intersection of Inspiration Mountain Parkway and Pinnacle Vista in North Phoenix.
Population, business growth impacting changing face of Deer Valley Unified
With some of the strongest growth in the state coming within the Deer Valley Unified School District’s boundaries, population changes driving school boundary changes is almost inevitable. more
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First week of school: First graders circle around Ms. Shalawna Howard at Barbara B. Robey Elementary School in Litchfield Park, part of the Litchfield Elementary School District.
Two West Valley school districts asking voters to keep overrides
Two West Valley school districts are asking voters this November to continue their 15% maintenance and operations budget overrides, which provides millions every year in funding.  Both … more
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Peoria Unified school bus drivers score a win
Peoria Unified School District school bus drivers and other transportation department workers scored a win in an approval of a new $3.01 pay grade increase. more
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Pandemic plagues Scottsdale educators with subpar test scores
While it was to be expected that students’ test scores may be affected from COVID-19’s impact to the classroom, new data shows how deeply students’ learning was disrupted. more
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Peoria Unified School District administrative office buidling, 6330 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale.
3 Peoria Unified schools to close open enrollment
Because of overcrowding from explosive growth in north Peoria, Lake Pleasant and Sunset Heights elementary schools along with Liberty High School will not have open enrollment for the 2021-22 school year. more
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Deer Valley Unified short on bus drivers, but not teachers
While Deer Valley Unified School District is battling the same pandemic-driven bus driver shortage as other districts, there’s another shortage problem Deer Valley isn’t worrying about — teachers. more
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Chad Young at the Arizona Diamondbacks Oct. 3 home game.
AJUSD’s Chad Young an Arizona Diamondbacks ‘Most Valuable Teacher’
Peralta Trail Elementary school teacher Chad Young was vacationing in Flagstaff over fall break when he got a phone call from the school’s office manager. The school, Young was told, had … more
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3 file paperwork for Scottsdale school board 2022 election
Scottsdale Unified School District governing board President Jann-Michael Greenburg has plans to run for reelection next year, paperwork shows. Two other men have filed initial paperwork to begin … more
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Parkridge Elementary School
County declares Peoria Unified's Parkridge Elementary School an outbreak
Due to an increase in positive cases, Maricopa County Department of Public Health has declared Parkridge Elementary School an outbreak, according a letter from the Peoria Unified School District. more
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“Rosie The Riveter” cast members, from left, Bella Munson (Mary), Ava Iorio (Melinda), Jonathan Shamoun (Tommy), Kinslee Judson (Rosie O’Connell), Zaine Hegazy (ensemble) and Anthony Piunno (Eddie Kendrick) rehearse a scene Oct. 13 inside the performing arts center at Deer Valley High School.
Deer Valley High relates ’40s stage classic to today in Glendale
The Deer Valley High School theatre department is applying 1940s messages to today’s challenges. more
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Arizona schools are facing the prospect of not being able to legally spend some of the money they are receiving.
School districts could face spending crisis
PHOENIX — Arizona schools are facing the prospect of not being able to legally spend some of the money they are receiving. Without legislative action, school districts will have to reduce … more
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A Grand Canyon University public safety officer works on the school’s south Phoenix campus. GCU, like other Valley campuses, saw campus crime change in 2020 as the pandemic emptied schools of students.
ASU, GCU saw campus crime declines in 2020
As COVID-19 emptied college campuses of students in 2020, the smaller number of people gathered at Phoenix- area schools contributed to some twists and turns in campus crime data. more
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A new survey by the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association found that schools were able to fill fewer than one out of every five teacher vacancies.
New report highlights dire straits of Arizona's teacher shortage
PHOENIX — Arizona continues to have a shortage of teachers for the classroom. And by some indications, the problem may be getting worse. A new survey by the Arizona School Personnel … more
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Students did not fare well in the latest round of standardized tests giving to Arizona students, and experts say it could be several years before those test scores rise to pre-pandemic levels. [Metro Creative]
Arizona's pandemic-influenced learning declines could take years to recover
Arizona students took a hit when it came to learning during the pandemic so far, and it may take several years to correct that slide. The state is putting roughly $19 million into corrective … more
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Renewed laser focus on social-emotional learning in Arizona classrooms amid digital age, political unrest
From gun violence then to a lingering virus now, the soil below where public education occurs has been labeled dangerous ground for American students for nearly a decade. Aside from the dangers … more
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The garden at Scottsdale Community College has been planted with seeds native to Maricopa County in an effort to boost the Maricopa County Native Seed library.
Valley colleges grow seed libraries
Several Phoenix-area community colleges are growing seed libraries to benefit students, faculty, the public and the wildlife that lives in Maricopa County. more
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Public Defender Kacie Nickel and law clerk supervisor Angela DeMarse, both with the Maricopa County Public Defenders Office, prepare to record the Know Your Rights Podcast and discuss the recent outbreak of criminal damage and theft that has hit local schools as part of a social media TikTok “challenge.” Nearly 20 schools in the Peoria Unified School District have been affected.
What you need to know about crimes at schools related to TikTok
A social media trend making the rounds has made its way to Peoria schools, and that’s not a good thing. A new TikTok “challenge” encourages students to commit criminal damage and … more
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The Scottsdale Unified School District is the subject of formal complaints filed with the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
Scottsdale school board hit with open meeting complaints
Several people along with a prominent government watchdog group have filed complaints against the Scottsdale Unified School District governing board with the Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s Office regarding alleged issues with open meeting law violations, transparency and more. more
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Students learn techniques for assisting with surgical procedures in the adult surgical technology program.
EVIT celebrates 30 years of changing lives
This school year marks the 30th anniversary of Arizona’s first and oldest Career Technical Education District — the East Valley Institute of Technology. What started out as one campus … more
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