Arizona State University is producing fewer teachers certified in math and science. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy released a report today that examined trends in ASU performance measures, such as new science and math teachers, that may be affected by a funding measure, Proposition 301, which voters approved five years ago.

Arizona State University is producing fewer teachers certified in math and science. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy released a report today that examined trends in ASU performance measures.

Mesa’s Pilgrim Lutheran School is offering free tuition this semester to students in grades two through seven. The school, now in its 41st year, wants to give families that haven’t previously been able to afford it a chance to try out a private, Christian education.

This spring, the Mesa Unified School District’s governing board will adopt calendars for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years. The board welcomes comments from students, staff, parents and the public.

Engineering, lessons on the elements of art in design and digital electronics could all lead to future careers for Mesa students.

The U.S. Department of Education announced that seven states Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania will each receive a share of the $200 million in Race to the Top Round 3 (RTT3) fund to advance targeted K-12 reforms aimed at improving student achievement.

Higley, Gilbert, Mesa and Chandler district high school sophomores interested in math, science, technology and engineering are getting the chance to work with Arizona State University professors, local engineers and high school teachers in a three-year project that allows them to earn college credit.

Last summer, Aaron Pribadi spent three weeks of his vacation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, studying math.

Hesu Yang began learning about math in an unconventional way — over the telephone. His grandmother, Wenying Bai, is a former mathematics teacher and on weekends would give him lessons over the phone from Beijing. He also learns from her during summer visits to China.

Take note, Arizona high school students: There’s a new diploma in town.

Mesa police are considering charges against a man they say called 911 Thursday and made threats against people attending a curriculum night at Mesa’s Las Sendas Elementary School. According to police, the man said he had a high-powered rifle, that he would to shoot those in attendance and burn his house down.

The U.S. Department of Education is awarding $25 million in Race to the Top funds to Arizona, it was announced early Friday.

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman claimed Thursday as National Merit Scholar Day after 44 students from the Tempe Union High School District qualified as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

The last time the White House took a good look at the status of women in the country, John F. Kennedy was president and Eleanor Roosevelt chaired a commission on the issue.

Gilbert High School's chess team put their self-discipline, creative problem-solving skills and intellectual abilities to the test when they beat out the tough competition at the recent national chess competition.

First, they took down Washington in the Sweet 16. Then it was on to Missouri in the Elite Eight. Finally, they beat Utah in the Final Four. Next week, the students of Mesa's Stapley Junior High School team will move on to a showdown with Pennsylvania for the National Academic League championship.

Editor's note: This is the last in a three-part series of stories exploring new programs the Kyrene School District may provide to students early as next school year.

Finding a club an important part of high school

The first projects to be paid for by a recently approved $230 million school bond program in Mesa could include the demolition of Mesa Junior High School buildings and the purchase of 66 propane-operated vehicles, leaders said Tuesday night.

Mesa school officials will analyze every campus to assess safety measures in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., shootings last month.

A handful of Mesa Unified School District campuses could be converted next school year — one to house special needs programs and one to test creative education methods — under a plan proposed this week.

Competition is intensifying among Arizona's school districts, charter and private schools for a group of students who can be more difficult to teach than their education label implies: the gifted learners.

Competition is intensifying among Arizona's school districts, charter and private schools for a group of students who can be more difficult to teach than their education label implies: the gifted learners.

Competition is intensifying among Arizona's school districts, charter and private schools for a group of students who can be more difficult to teach than their education label implies: the gifted learners.