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Phoenix Union High School District (PXU) governing board member Jerimiah Cota has submitted his resignation weeks after hundreds of community members signed a petition asking for him to step down.

The Alhambra Elementary School District Governing Board voted Thursday night to close Valencia Newcomer Academy and Choice Learning Academy after the 2025-2026 school year.

One of the leaders of a group trying to rein in Arizona's school voucher program said that while she opposes parts if it, she doesn't want to eliminate ESAs.

The Alhambra Elementary School District is considering closing two Phoenix schools this summer due to low enrollment and budget concerns.

The Paradise Valley Unified School District voted unanimously Tuesday night to terminate the contact of district Superintendent Todd Cummings.

Arizona State University is partnering with the Arizona Department of Education to offset the state’s teacher shortage and improve academics in the classroom.

New guidance from the U.S. Department of Education would require schools to certify that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language or policies are not included in public schools. Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne is threatening the removal of federal funding if Arizona schools do not comply.

Accountability for Arizona’s school voucher program could be on your November ballot as a new initiative was submitted to the legislature.

The number of Arizona school districts marked as high-risk or approaching high-risk by the Arizona Auditor General has jumped from 9 to 18 in the past year as public schools close across the state.

Arizona State Rep. Matt Gress (R) is speaking out against teachers that called out sick last week as a part of a nationwide protest against ICE actions.

More than 600 people in the Phoenix Union High School District (PXU) have signed a petition calling for the resignation of governing board member Jerimiah Cota after he attended a far-right political group’s holiday party.

he 2026 primary election is six months away- here’s who’s lining up to be the next Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Mesa Public Schools is putting empty space in its buildings to good use – leasing out the space to a local private school that serves children with autism.

Students across the Valley walk out of class to protest ICE as a part of larger scale nationwide protests. 

With more and more schools closing in the Valley, some are blaming private schools and the voucher program for declining enrollment in public schools. But why are parents putting their kids in private schools?

Officials shut down the North Rim last year after the Dragon Bravo Fire burned about 145,000 acres. It burned for over two months, making history as the seventh‑largest wildfire in Arizona.

Park officials say they’ll take a flexible, step‑by‑step approach to reopening the North Rim.

For another year KTAR News followed along with local workers and volunteers participating in the "Point-in-Time count," a helpful initiative for tracking local homeless populations and a critical requirement for federal funding.

We hear more from the Maricopa Assoication of Governments  and focus on perspectives from unhoused individuals surveyed during the count.

The Phoenix Union High School District is reminding students of the option to log into class remotely due to ICE raids in the Phoenix area this week.

The Gilbert Public Schools governing board approved the closure of Pioneer Elementary School Tuesday night, shutting the school down before the 2026-2027 school year.

A protest outside the Zipps near Central and Osborn today after more than a dozen Zipps Sports Grills were raided by Homeland Security. Local immigration attorney Juliana Manzanarez says she watched as chemical agents were deployed in the crowd. She was told workers who spoke Spanish were treated more roughly than those who spoke English. 

The Alhambra Elementary School District is considering closing Valencia Newcomer School and Choice Learning Academy at the end of the school year due to low enrollment and budget concerns.

The Trump Administration has withdrawn an appeal that would have allowed the removal of millions in federal funding due to DEI-language non-compliance by schools. Superintendent Horne reacts.

Two new introduced bills could change how sex education is taught in Arizona, banning abortion talk and requiring adoption practices to be shared.

State Superintendent Tom Horne speaks about increasing school resource officers and DEI requirements for schools in his State of Education address.

Valley moms like Breanna Wood and Yoleaisa Carwell are both trying to get their families into shelter, as mother of five Wood currently worries everyday about how to pay for a hotel and Carwell says her and her two sons have had to sleep on the streets. Both women share struggles they've had in getting assistance, we also hear responses to those challenges from MAG, the City of Chandler and UMOM.