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 U.S. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling toured West-MEC Wednesday, offering suggestions to improve the trade school and taking back information to implement on a national level. 

A teachers aide at Westpark Elementary School in Buckeye was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot up the school on social media

The two candidates for State Superintendent are clashing over the legality of a social media post involved public school buildings in campaign videos.

ASU is now offering bachelors degree in education in 3 years, giving students the opportunity to graduate and enter the classroom a year early.

The Man Up Fellowship is partnering with Phoenix’s Creighton School District to put more male teachers of color in the classroom, giving students role models and helping to fill empty teaching spots.

A former Mesa Public Schools Treasurer has been charged with felony theft for allegedly stealing thousands from the district. 

GCU is opening its 12th college- a school of construction and industrial technologies. GCU President Brian Mueller tells the Mike Broomhead Show what the college will include. 

ASU's new medical school opens this month with an inaugural class of just 36 students.

Federal officials are highlighting a partnership with Colombia, which has resulted in 35 arrests during the last year and a half, including two Arizonans now serving life sentences.

Arizona lawmakers Mitzi Epstein and Matt Gress both want to raise teacher salaries, but differences in how education funding should be spent is leaving the two political parties at a stalemate.

The Arizona State Board of Education voted to remove bonus points from the state's school letter grade system.

The Arizona State Board of Education approved new requirements for teacher certificates, focusing on English language classes and CTE courses for students below 9th grade.

31 school districts will no longer have school board positions on the November ballot after the races were deemed 'non-competitive' and canceled

Sen. Gallego met with Head Start leaders today to discuss a new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would remove the program's standards,

In this wide-ranging interview, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly joins KTAR News to address severe mental health and supply crises aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, rising national debt, and Western water shortages. He also weighs in on local Arizona campaigns and reveals he is actively considering a presidential run in 2028.

Its the first day of school at Arizona State University and the school passed an important milestone- 200,000 enrolled students!

Pro and Anti Prop 212 groups are weighing in on the ruling that removed the measure from the ballot.

The legality of prop 212's signatures is being questioned by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club. The group claims the Protect Education Act committee does not have enough valid signatures to get the measure on the ballot.

Phoenix Children's has a new simulation center that allows parents and staff to get an up-close look at the hospital's training programs. 

The Peoria Unified School District is removing 3 books from its K-8 curriculum. Parents are accusing the school of removing them following DEI guidelines, and the NAACP is filing an official complaint.

A new ESA platform helps users catalog purchases, which could help cut down on alleged fraud in the system.

KTAR Eduction Solutions Reporter Shira Tanzer reports on a five-part series highlighting the Arizona teacher shortage and possible solutions to fix the issue. 

The five parts:

1. Current Data
2. How did we get here
3. Teacher's perspectives
4. ESAs/other factors
5. Solutions

The Arizona State University dining hall workers union is suing the college over alleged first amendment rights violated related to the groups' protests near ASU campuses. 

The ESA accountability measure set to appear on the ballot will now have to be rewritten before it appears in front of voters after a judge's ruling.