Arizona Education News
Researchers at the University of Arizona are looking for signs of coronavirus in particular communities by analyzing the wastewater generated by those communities. There’s a similar project taking place at ASU.
April 22, 2020
It’s a day meant to celebrate the great outdoors, but many celebrations have turned online this year. See how Biosphere 2, the Phoenix Zoo, the ASU School of Sustainability and Local First Arizona are marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day while maintaining social distancing.
April 22, 2020
Colleges and universities across the country are facing financial difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic, but Grand Canyon University in Phoenix feels confident about its financial outlook.
April 21, 2020
Two Arizona schools are receiving the largest allotments of CARES Act stimulus funds. ASU is receiving $63.5 million and GCU is receiving $22.4 million — the largest grants for a public and for-profit school, respectively.
April 21, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has left people with a lot of questions and the University of Arizona may soon be able to provide some answers. The school is rolling out a texting system where people who want information about COVID-19 can send their questions and UA officials will answer.
April 21, 2020
When Arizona schools shut down more than a month ago, teachers and students had little time to prepare for remote learning. Classrooms across the state are still empty, but educators continue to re-work their lesson plans in an effort to keep students on track.
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April 21, 2020
National Poetry Month continues in the age of COVID-19. And, in this episode, we are heading to Tucson, virtually, to check in with our neighbors in Southern Arizona.
April 20, 2020
The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records will be given more than half a million dollars from the federal coronavirus relief act. The division was granted $650,000 to expand access to digital networks and provide technical support to citizens.
April 19, 2020
The University of Arizona says it’ll produce 250,000 COVID-19 antibody tests for health care and other frontline workers and first responders across Arizona. The blood tests will allow patients to see if they’d been infected with COVID-19 and had recovered, whether or not they showed symptoms.
April 17, 2020
Schools have been physically closed for a month now, and it's not yet clear when they'll return to normal. The Show spoke with the Arizona Republic's Education Reporter, Lily Altavena, about just where we're at one month into school closings.
April 16, 2020
In some states, like Arizona, the closure has been mandated. And, while students are learning remotely, there’s been a debate over whether or not those students’ work should be graded as it would if they were in school.
April 15, 2020
Arizona universities are facing tough financial choices as the coronavirus pandemic continues. University of Arizona's Financial Sustainability Emergency Response Taskforce has recommended a campus wide hiring freeze through June and is considering salary freezes or furloughs.
April 14, 2020
Calls to the Arizona Department of Child Safety child abuse hotline have gone down since schools were shut down. With teachers no longer around to report suspected abuse, the foster care system could see an influx of reports when class is back in session.
April 13, 2020
Student reporters at Moon Valley High School in Phoenix are continuing to deliver news to their readers despite being out of the classroom. The students had planned to release the April edition of their paper, the Rocket Reporter, after they returned from spring break with coverage of their school’s spring assembly and other events. But before classes could resume, school was cancelled.
April 13, 2020
Post-secondary educational institutions are getting about $12.6 billion in funding from the federal coronavirus relief package known as the CARES Act. The U.S. Department of Education is distributing half of those funds to schools immediately. The amount of funding each school receives is — in part — based on their low-income student population and total student population.
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April 13, 2020
A shortage of ventilators has become a primary problem worldwide to help coronavirus patients with serious lung complications. But a college project developed in northern Mexico might be the solution.
April 13, 2020
The University of Arizona isn’t the only public university in Arizona that could lose tuition revenue during the pandemic. More than 48% of undergraduate students enrolled at Arizona State University are from outside the state. And nearly 68 percent of graduate students are nonresidents.
April 13, 2020
Transitioning K-12 classes to an online format works well enough when students have stable internet connection, a device and a distraction-free work space. For poorer families, sometimes none of those are possible.
April 13, 2020
In a conference call with state and local leaders on Wednesday evening, University of Arizona President Robert Robbins said the ongoing pandemic will likely prevent some students, particularly those from outside Arizona, from returning to campus in the fall.
April 9, 2020
Some fourth-year med students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine will be allowed to graduate early, so they can start working on the COVID-19 response. But even with that happening, the ways med schools are teaching the next generation of doctors has changed.
April 8, 2020
