Arizona Education News
ASU is launching four new ocean-related degree programs within the College of Global Futures. As part of the university’s School of Ocean Futures, students in the desert will study topics including marine ecosystems.
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It’s not every day your local library learns it has a book once owned by a renowned English poet from the 17th century. In March, a group of scholars meeting in the Rare Book Room at the Burton Barr Central Library made such a discovery.
May 19, 2024
Former University of Arizona grad student Murad Dervish is on trial for the 2022 on-campus shooting and murder of professor Thomas Meixner. Patricia Grace, Dervish’s mother, took the stand.
May 16, 2024
Chronic absenteeism has been a major issue across K-12 schools in Arizona, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. But Mesa Public Schools is seeing improvement in that area.
May 16, 2024
Mesa Public Schools has approved pay increases for all of its 8,500 employees, effective July 1. The increase makes Mesa one of the highest paying school districts in the state.
May 16, 2024
Prosecutors have a year to refile dozens of trespassing cases against pro-Palestine demonstrators arrested late last month at Arizona State University.
May 15, 2024
Schools in Arizona and around the country are grappling with cellphones in the classroom. Some are letting students have them out in between classes and at lunch. Others are buying up smartphone pouches that lock them up.
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May 15, 2024
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs says lawmakers are unlikely to reach a deal this session to ask voters to extend a key public education funding measure.
May 15, 2024
Dorothy Jean Tillman II recently graduated with her doctoral degree from Arizona State University, after successfully defending her thesis in December at age 17. She took her first college course at 10.
May 15, 2024
The Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy is offering guidance for the use of Generative AI in K-12 schools. It’s not a mandate from state officials, but information about how AI works and how it could be used in the classroom.
May 15, 2024
Dozens of trespassing cases against pro-Palestine demonstrators arrested late last month at Arizona State University were dismissed by a judge Tuesday. But prosecutors still have a year to revive them.
May 14, 2024
At a news conference Tuesday, police Capt. Doug Foster said there is no indication that 20-year-old sophomore Erin Jones — from Newport Beach, California — was targeted.
May 14, 2024
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.
May 13, 2024
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