The Arizona Department of Education took a step this week to improve training for teachers statewide. The department posted the “AZ High School Renewal Professional Development Survey” on its Web page to determine how prepared high school graduates are for higher education or careers in the global economy.

The Arizona Department of Education took a step this week to improve training for teachers statewide. The department posted the “AZ High School Renewal Professional Development Survey” on its Web page to determine how prepared high school graduates are for higher education or careers in the global economy.

FBI agents in Phoenix have crafted a new way to scare people into telling them what they want to know: Mention Martha Stewart.

Someone’s dropping off books for ninth-graders just in time for the holidays — and it’s not Santa Claus. The state Department of Eduction has just distributed AIMS study guides to 84,000 ninth-graders — just in time for use during winter break.

James Martinez thinks the Apache Junction school district isn’t doing enough to help special-education students.

Tempe prosecutors on Tuesday decided not to file charges against a high school principal and teacher suspected of failing to report early allegations of sexual misconduct by a fellow staff member.

Chandler police and other law enforcement agencies seized nearly $2 million worth of cocaine and heroin and netted dozens of arrests on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into a family authorities say was distributing drugs into state prisons and the community.

A Mesa junior high school teacher is facing charges she had sex with a 16-year-old girl on numerous occasions outside of school grounds, according to Gilbert police.

Special education students can no longer use calculators and other accommodations on high-stakes district and statewide tests, according to a decision by federal education officials.

East Valley school districts struggling this year to provide pay raises and avoid laying off teachers are hopeful that a new funding source from American Indian gaming revenue will help.

East Valley school districts struggling this year to provide pay raises and avoid laying off teachers are hopeful that a new funding source from American Indian gaming revenue will help.

The Tempe Union High School District governing board took steps Thursday to fire Desert Vista High School choir teacher Richard Allen Martin for "inappropriate behavior" amid allegations that he made sexual comments to a student and tried to kiss her.

Tom Horne caused more than $1,000 worth of damage to another vehicle before driving away without leaving a note, ostensibly, according to FBI agents, to conceal an affair.

The Mesa Unified School District must change its curriculum as part of a corrective action plan after failing four consecutive years to meet academic targets under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

A former school administrator and Tempe Parks and Recreation Board member has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation.

The Chandler Police Department and the Arizona Department of Education are investigating a Conley Elementary School teacher who asked her fifth-grade students last week to strip to their underwear so their clothes could be searched for missing money.

Arizona is facing yet another challenge over a 2005 law imposing a tax on car rental companies to help pay for the Cardinals football stadium.

When Arizona funds full-day kindergarten next fall, some of the East Valley’s poorest schools won’t see any of the money because they aren’t poor enough.

When Arizona funds full-day kindergarten next fall, some of the East Valley’s poorest schools won’t see any of the money because they aren’t poor enough.

Desert Vista High School basketball player Xavier Kilby missed 247 classes in the first three quarters of the 2003-04 school year — yet remained eligible to play, said sources familiar with the school's attendance records.

Legislative candidate and former state Rep. Wes Marsh looks better on paper than in reality.

July 18, 2004

A Chandler health care clinic saw a big jump in patients at its immunization events this summer as parents scrambled to meet a new vaccine requirement before school started.

Gov. Janet Napolitano appointed former state schools chief Jaime Molera to the state Board of Education Wednesday. If confirmed by the Arizona Senate, Molera, a Republican, will serve on the board for a term that expires in 2011.