Arizona Education News
The rise of artificial intelligence-generated audio statements poses major ethical and moral problems. To address this concern, a group of ASU researchers have developed a prototype of a microphone that would authenticate voice recordings as human speech.
An Arizona State University music professor recently released a new album, which she describes as an exploration of identity. So much so that it’s the name of Deanna Swoboda’s latest album.
May 13, 2024
Over the last three years, Arizona has received $1.3 billion from the federal government to support early childhood education and child care in Arizona. Now, those pandemic relief funds are running out.
May 13, 2024
Ellie Wolfe with the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson joined The Show to talk more about the pro-Palestinian protests at University of Arizona, where police shot what appeared to be rubber bullets as protesters threw rocks and water bottles at SWAT vehicles.
May 13, 2024
First Lady Jill Biden spoke at the commencement ceremony for Mesa Community College on Saturday. She spoke to hundreds of graduates at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe.
May 11, 2024
Grand Canyon University announced Friday that it has accepted an invitation to join the West Coast Conference, starting in July 2025. GCU has been in the Western Athletic Conference since 2013.
May 10, 2024
A summer reading program designed by the Maricopa County Library District is being used by 65 public, tribal and military base libraries across the Valley.
May 9, 2024
Arizona State University officials say a postdoctoral research scholar remains on leave as the school investigates his videotaped confrontation with a hijab-wearing woman at a pro-Israel rally last weekend.
May 9, 2024
Witnesses have begun testifying in the trial of Murad Dervish, the former University of Arizona grad student accused of shooting a professor to death on campus. Dervish faces seven felony charges including first-degree murder.
May 9, 2024
The Chandler Unified School District is partnering with the University of Arizona to create a new semiconductor program for high schoolers. The district hopes the two-year program will begin fall 2025 at Hamilton High School.
May 9, 2024
You might have heard the story of the Wailing Woman, or La Llorona, in Mexican folklore. But you've probably never heard her story the way Diana López tells it.
May 9, 2024
The word "literally" used to mean to use the primary or ordinary meaning of a term or expression, or "in a completely accurate way." But now, people use that word much differently, to, say, describe something that is not actually literal. This phenomenon is known as "semantic bleaching" — and it’s something Kelly Elizabeth Wright has been thinking about.
May 9, 2024
Imam Omar Tawil is the chaplain for Muslim life at ASU as well as the Imam at the Islamic Community Center of Tempe. He told The Show that Muslim students are feeling the effects of the war in Gaza every day.
May 9, 2024
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has been steadfast in his effort to get Arizona schools to stop using the 50-50 dual language model. But, many people who have experience with 50-50 programs say it’s the best way to learn a language.
May 9, 2024
The task force comes as Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced an initiative to increase access to Narcan, the brand name of naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses, available in every school.
May 8, 2024
More and more often these days, students are not getting randomly assigned a college roommate. And columnist Pamela Paul thinks there’s something lost in that.
May 8, 2024
As protests over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have come to a head on college campuses, The Show spoke with Hillel at ASU Director Debbie Yunker Kail more about what this has been like for Jewish students at ASU and the challenges they face.
May 8, 2024
Murad Dervish’s trial began Tuesday and is expected to last two weeks in Pima County Superior Court. Dervish, 48, faces seven felony charges including first-degree murder in the death of Thomas Meixner, who was shot nine times inside a campus building on Oct. 5, 2022.
May 8, 2024
The form usually opens for students in October each year, but because of changes the federal government made this year, it didn’t open until Dec. 31. Then came glitches that kept students from being able to complete it.
May 7, 2024
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego joined school officials and community members this (Tuesday) morning to celebrate the arrival of 47 new clean school buses that will serve students in the Phoenix area.
May 7, 2024
Tyina Steptoe studies protest songs that are specific to the Black community. Steptoe is an associate professor of history at the University of Arizona and has taught a community class called A Racial Justice Mixtape.
May 7, 2024
