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Project aims to provide classroom items not covered by elementary schools' supply budget

Jackson County reported 57 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, while Oregon as a whole saw 901 new cases and 38 additional COVID-19 deaths, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Information about those w...

Scottsdale Unified School District and Kyrene Elementary School District will no longer require facial coverings for students and staff after the winter break.

A debate between safety and liberty is how one Valley lawyer is describing the infighting between the governor and schools over wearing masks.

View Comments Gov. Doug Ducey was hot on the job on Tuesday, taking action that will protect the vulnerable among us. “With the signing of #HB2483, we’re taking additional action to protect AZ’s pets,” he tweeted, along with pictures from a signing ceremony for the new law. Meanwhile, Arizona’s children who are heading back to school just as a highly contagious strain of COVID-19 is spreading through the state? Sorry, kids. You’re on your own. Ducey put politics above public heal...

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now strongly recommending all K-12 teachers, students and staff wear face covering regardless of whether they are vaccinated against COVID-19 or not, Arizona public schools cant require them.  Thats because a new law bans public schools from mandating them, and the governor has said the state won’t change its stance. That leaves school districts like Phoenix Elementary, which is starting school next week and serves about 5,500 pre...

School district to receive $26.7 million in second and third rounds of federal ESSER funding. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 8:04 pm, Jun. 28, 2021 × Submitted image The Grand Forks School Board finalized results of the June 22 referendum and approved the district’s application to the state for $8.2 million in federal ESSER II funds at a special meeting Monday, June 28. ESSER stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief. Both referendum questions –...

 for The 74’s daily newsletter. In 2001, the Manhattan Institute ranked states by their combination of public charter, private and home-school choice. Arizona ranked first. In 2015, the Brookings Institution measured the percentage of students who had access to one or more charter schools in their zip code. Arizona ranked first in the nation, with 84 percent of students with a charter in their zip code. A 2017 analysis of Phoenix-area district enrollment patterns found open enrollment trans...

All proceeds from the Community Blend are donated to local nonprofits and community-based initiatives. And from now through July, proceeds will go specifically to local school districts. “We feel strongly and like the fact that [Press Coffee stores] are our community centers within their neighborhoods. Every store is a little bit different than the others, but one thing every store has in common is we are frequented by students, parents, teachers — and another major community place is...

Grand Forks School Board approves 18 applications for early retirement benefits This is last group of professional staff members to benefit from the school districts early retirement policy. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 6:00 am, Jan. 28, 2021 × This is the last group of district employees to benefit from the policy, which has been in place for decades; the School Board is rescinding the policy effective at the end of this school year. Herald graphic ...