Brenna Bailey
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, AZ, United States
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Education Notes: Grab a free backpack, school supplies at local TCC stores
Tucson-area TCC wireless stores will be giving away free backpacks full of pencils, paper, pencil boxes, folders, glue and more on Sunday, July 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. The → Read More
TUSD budget bumps first-year teacher salary to over $40k
The Tucson Unified School District governing board approved a $552.5 million budget for the upcoming school year → Read More
Education Notes: Tucson youth graduates from national space camp
Aria Tenuta, of Tucson, graduated from the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s space camp last month. → Read More
TUSD's sex ed would be most LGBTQ inclusive locally, if update passes
The TUSD governing board is due to vote this month on a update to the sex ed or "family life" curriculum. → Read More
Education Notes: Tucson teen wins New York Times podcast contest
Education news from Tucson and Southern Arizona. → Read More
Education Notes: Rosemont Copper awards $11k to 5 Tucson-area schools
Hudbay Rosemont Copper has given out nearly $11,000 in grants for expanding STEEAM — science, technology, engineering, environment, agriculture and math — education initiatives at five local schools. → Read More
Tucson High's new football field vandalized
The Tucson Unified School District shared an image of the turf field's sideline vandalized with writing. → Read More
Grijalva replaces Stegeman as TUSD board president
The decision to split the board presidency into six-month terms was made to show the community wasn't divided into alliances. However, the mid-year election wasn't without controversy. → Read More
Education Notes: Tucson students take home scholarships, top competition honors
The students graduated from Pima’s Adult Basic Education program, which celebrated its 50th anniversary, this year. The program allows adults without high school diplomas to study basic literacy, English language, → Read More
Tucson educators: 2020 Arizona budget 'band-aid approach' to K-12 funding crisis
Gov. Doug Ducey and the Arizona legislature have touted their decision to invest $528 million into the state’s public education system next fiscal year as a win for educators and → Read More
Education Notes: Where students, parents can get free breakfast, lunch this summer
Education news from Tucson and Southern Arizona. → Read More
Education Notes: Pima College offers summer courses in STEM, culinary to local youths
Education news from Tucson and Southern Arizona. → Read More
State likely to keep results-based funding program for schools despite concerns
The expansion, if approved, would expand the funding program by $59 million and reward schools that received A or B letter grades from the Arizona Department of Education, according to → Read More
Former Pima County JTED manager indicted in embezzlement case
The former manager, Tyler Jeffrey Buntrock, has been accused of receiving money from JTED parents and students, recording the money in the district’s accounting system and depositing that money at → Read More
Education Notes: Student mural vandalized in central Tucson
The mural, located on a wall across the street from Changemaker in the Naylor neighborhood, was defaced with swastikas, “phallic symbols” and anti-semitic and misogynistic phrases, according to school CEO → Read More
One-size-fits-all approach pushes some Tucson high schoolers to drop out
Though children from lower-income backgrounds are more likely to drop out than those from middle and upper-class backgrounds are, the issue can affect any student. → Read More
TUSD adds second-year Yaqui language course at Cholla High
Pascua Yaqui students at Cholla High School will have the chance to delve deeper into their tribe’s native tongue following the expansion of a Yaqui language course for next school → Read More
Education Notes: Nonprofit honors 5 Tucson educators for Teacher Appreciation Week
Tucson Values Teachers honored five local educators last week with Teacher Excellence Awards to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week. → Read More
Education Notes: Nonprofit honors 5 local educators for teacher appreciation week
Tucson Values Teachers honored five local educators last week with Teacher Excellence Awards to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week. → Read More
Teachers, parents at 23 Tucson schools will walk in, stand out in support of #RedForEd
The teachers and parents, affiliated with the group Arizona Educators United, want to remind the community, the state legislature and Governor Doug Ducey that many #RedForEd funding demands haven’t yet → Read More