Janie Sullivan

Job Title: Adult Education and Family Literacy Specialist, Mesa Public Schools

A tight job market amid staggering layoffs nationwide has a growing number of adults flocking to GED test preparation classes in Arizona and around the country.

When Midori Hall was 34, she decided to pursue her childhood dream. So, the Gilbert resident sat down and began to plunk away at the keys of a piano.

A 15-year-old girl died late Friday night in a Mesa rollover involving a vehicle she was driving illegally, an incident report states.

Tempe-based Rio Salado College was recently selected as one of three institutions to receive the 2012 Council for Higher Education Accreditation Award for outstanding institutional practice in student learning outcomes.

Non-English speakers in Chandler could soon have an easier time learning the language of their new country.

The East Valley recently has seen a significant amount of tragedy involving teens behind the wheel: In Scottsdale alone, four teens have died in such accidents in only eight weeks. Laws should be toughened to address what often leads to such horrible losses of life: Inexperienced teens who take too many risks.

Ottawa University's presence in the Valley dates back to the 1970s.

Teens who want to get a license may soon have to spend twice as much time behind the wheel with mom, dad or some other adult.

On Saturday, young drivers in the East Valley will get an opportunity to step away from their Grand Theft Auto video games and learn real driving skills that could save their lives.

James Johnson assured his 16-year-old daughter Lisa he would return from the war alive.

Arizona is poised to finally impose some additional driving restrictions on young motorists that other states already have proven will save the lives of our children and increase safety for the rest of us on the road as well.

AIMS scores shot up this year at Emerson Elementary School in Mesa, and principal Mark Bankhead gives some of the credit to a group of students too old to take the test.

State lawmakers are sending a message to new teen drives: Put down that phone.

As a parent of a gifted child, you may have noticed that your son is a quick learner. You may have observed that he is more emotionally sensitive than some of his playmates. Your gifted daughter may find it easy to carry on a conversation with adults. She may get frustrated when things don’t go “just right.”

A 1972 set of encyclopedias and a Ronald Reagan biography dating to when he was governor of California are two examples of the outdated and damaged books being removed from the Queen Creek Elementary School library.

There’s only one person more excited than the kids about next weekend’s grand reopening of downtown Mesa’s Arizona Museum for Youth — director Barbara Meyerson.

Watching countless “virtual” driving errors by teenagers on a state-of-the-art video simulator has convinced one Valley couple of the need for stricter driver’s license requirements for novices.

Watching countless “virtual” driving errors by teenagers on a state-of-the-art video simulator has convinced one Valley couple of the need for stricter driver’s license requirements for novices.

There’s only one difference between most preschools and the one on the campus of Queen Creek Middle School — typically parents don’t attend class alongside their preschoolers.

When Cartoon Network announced plans for new programs — a "curriculum," as they put it — "to help preschoolers learn to have a sense of humor," it almost sounded like, well, a joke.

When Cartoon Network announced plans for new programs — a "curriculum," as they put it — "to help preschoolers learn to have a sense of humor," it almost sounded like, well, a joke.

Arizona’s education system is leaving too many young people “aimless” about their futures and lacking a connection between their goals and how to achieve them.