Arizona Education News
The Show spoke with Will Humble, former director of the Arizona Health Department, and now executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, about what a medical school at Northern Arizona University could mean for Arizona.
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Let’s talk about Indian romance novels — or so goes the title of a recent piece in High Country News by Indigenous journalist Taylar Dawn Stagner. In it, she writes about her love of the sometimes corny, sometimes raunchy genre — and how a boom of Native American-themed romance novels that were popular not all that long ago made her think twice.
Oct. 2, 2023
It’s Banned Books Week in the United States — an annual campaign conducted by the American Library Association to bring awareness about demands to censor library books and resources.
Oct. 2, 2023
Scientists were unsure for decades whether to believe data suggesting that shallow faults near Seattle had ruptured together or in close succession. Now, the University of Arizona-led research of tree rings has confirmed one or more major earthquakes occurred in the region 11 centuries ago this winter.
Oct. 2, 2023
Pima Community College has received a $3 million grant over the next five years to help Hispanic and other low-income students obtain college degrees online. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Education.
Oct. 1, 2023
Today marks the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools, and Arizona's role in assimilating Native children continues casting a dark cloud on the Southwest.
Sept. 30, 2023
Researchers at Arizona’s public universities are partnering with the mining community to find new ways to reuse copper mining waste rock.
Sept. 29, 2023
Do you ever wonder what your kid's teacher is thinking? This week, we're hearing from Arizona educators for the latest collection in our SOAPBOX series, where listeners tell their own true stories. Next up is Lisa Scinto.
Sept. 29, 2023
Northern Arizona University has announced it’s designing a new medical school intended to prepare doctors for primary-care work in the state’s rural, underserved and Indigenous communities.
Sept. 29, 2023
President Joe Biden was in Phoenix on Thursday to give the fourth speech in a series of addresses warning that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the country's democratic institutions.
Sept. 28, 2023
Scientists at the University of Arizona are looking ahead to the space telescopes of the future, which they believe will have a main fundamental difference from what’s been used up until now.
Sept. 28, 2023
Do you ever wonder what your kid's teacher is thinking? This week, we're hearing from Arizona educators for the latest collection in our SOAPBOX series, where listeners tell their own true stories. Next up is high school teacher Anita Walters.
Sept. 28, 2023
Five decades after the passage of Title IX, women’s sports are more popular than ever. And here in Arizona, girls have a new opportunity to compete in a sport previously only available to the boys: flag football.
Sept. 28, 2023
A northwest Valley school board member is accusing the district she represents of violating her First Amendment rights on religion and free speech. Heather Rooks wants a federal judge to declare that it's legal for her to quote Bible verses while making general comments at Peoria Unified school board meetings.
Sept. 27, 2023
With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely ahead of Saturday night's deadline.
Sept. 27, 2023
Even before COVID-19 setbacks, the Nation’s Report Card scored only one-third of U.S. fourth graders, and one-quarter of eighth graders, as proficient in math. Arizona rates follow close behind. This week, political leaders and education experts met to discuss possible solutions.
Sept. 27, 2023
Do you ever wonder what your kid's teacher is thinking? This week, we're hearing from Arizona educators for the latest collection in our SOAPBOX series, where listeners tell their own true stories.
Sept. 27, 2023
The Department of the Interior has launched an oral history project to document the country’s dark legacy of abuse against Native children in its boarding schools.
Sept. 26, 2023
The Show spoke with "Reservation Dogs" actor and author of "Tribal Force" Jon Proudstar about where the idea for his historic comic came from, and what his new plans are.
Sept. 26, 2023
The Show spoke with teacher-librarian Jean Kilker about what she makes of an Iowa school district using artificial intelligence to determine which books shouldn't be on the shelves.
Sept. 26, 2023
Do you ever wonder what your kid's teacher is thinking? This week, we're hearing from Arizona educators for the latest collection in our SOAPBOX series, where listeners tell their own true stories.
Sept. 26, 2023
