Mayor Greg Stanton has appointed Phoenix College faculty member Trino Sandoval to serve as his senior policy advisor on education.

Now it’s time to get specific.

School districts have two legally safe choices for distributing fliers for nonschoolsponsored activities to students and parents, a state education attorney advised Wednesday: Pass out all or none.

When Mexican President Felipe Calderon went to see President Barack Obama on March 3, the Washington establishment didn't consider it of particular interest. It only made page A9 of The Washington Post. After all, Calderon had made an official state visit in May 2010, just nine months earlier.

WASHINGTON - President Bush wants Congress to give his controversial strategy for Iraq a chance to work. Defiant Democrats say they'll give it a vote, and use their newly won control over the House and Senate to oppose the deployment of an additional 21,500 troops.

Education standards, teachers and school buildings will be Gov. Janet Napolitano’s top three priorities this year, the governor’s education adviser said Tuesday.

Supporters of Gov. Jan Brewer’s performance-based education funding model for school districts and charter holders say concerns about the formula’s effects on schools in low-income areas don’t take into account the bigger picture.

This is the vision: a new manufacturing age, when increased efficiency, innovation, technology and service are what give U.S. products an edge, and when a professional class of American manufacturing workers gets the bonus of a safer workplace and increased job satisfaction and pay.

March 29, 2005

WASHINGTON - President Bush promoted his most trusted foreign policy adviser to Secretary of State on Tuesday, tapping Condoleezza Rice to replace warrior-turned-diplomat Colin Powell as part of a sweeping second-term Cabinet overhaul.

Gov. Janet Napolitano received a warm reception Monday at a new Scottsdale senior center where she commented on the city’s photo enforcement program and statewide issues ranging from education to border security.

Gov. Janet Napolitano received a warm reception Monday at a new Scottsdale senior center where she commented on the city’s photo enforcement program and statewide issues ranging from education to border security.

Gov. Janet Napolitano has taken on a new policy adviser despite the hiring freeze she imposed on nonessential positions.

Senate Democratic Leader David Schapira, D-Tempe, has announced that he has earned the endorsement of Brigadier Gen. Gregg Maxon. Maxon joins Schapira’s Veterans Council to advise him on the important issues facing America’s veterans, their families and men and women currently serving in uniform.

Electronic devices and gadgets continue to remain a popular item on holiday wish lists for men and women alike.

Electronic devices and gadgets continue to remain a popular item on holiday wish lists for men and women alike.

The Internet gives East Valley parents plenty to worry about. Teens go online to socialize with friends and strangers, post personal photographs and even pour out their deepest secrets.

The Internet gives East Valley parents plenty to worry about. Teens go online to socialize with friends and strangers, post personal photographs and even pour out their deepest secrets.

A Kyrene Elementary School District committee — whose recommendations to cut back the arts set off a recall effort — is preparing to meet again.

It’s that time of year to hand out some honors for the year’s best. So it is without further ado that I bring you the Third Annual Hammer Awards.

June 3, 2004

PHOENIX — Apollo Group Inc., the for-profit company that owns the University of Phoenix, fraudulently misled investors about its student recruitment policies, a federal jury ruled Wednesday, and was ordered to pay shareholders about $280 million.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved a settlement Monday to close the three Thomas J. Pappas schools for the homeless, which include the Tempe campus, at the end of this school year.

An attorney has asked a Higley Unified School District governing board member to “cease and desist” personal attacks against the superintendent following the board member’s criticism of district hiring processes.