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9OYS Education Watch: Unfair? Cultural controversy continues at TUSD

By Valerie Cavazos |

Some TUSD students could be forced to sign up for a course that they know nothing about -- because it doesn't exist yet. Might sound ...
90YS Education Watch: Pima Community College is on probation

Pima Community College has been put on probation -- as of April 6th. Students want to know how it could affect them.
9OYS Investigation: Did TUSD lie to the Feds to cover up its mistakes?

TUSD parents say the district lied to the Feds during the follow up investigation and there's evidence to support that view.
9OYS Education Watch: Pedicone's resignation poses question: Why can't TUSD hang on to a leader?

Whoever replaces Dr. Pedicone will be the third superintendent to lead TUSD in less than four years.

TUSD superintendent resigns

Doctor John Pedicone---and board members say he was not forced out
TUSD superintendent Pedicone resigns

9OYS Breaking News: Dr. John Pedicone, who's been TUSD superintendent since November 2010, has submitted his resignation to TUSD faculty and staff.
Military students scramble to figure out how to pay for college

90YS Education Watch: The military's Tuition Assistance Program has become a casualty of the sequester.
Arming Arizona's teachers: Who could conceal, carry under proposed state law?

9OYS Education Watch: What would the proposal mean for teachers and students in Southeastern Arizona? KGUN9 finds few would be affected.
The belt tightens women and children under sequester

Washington Sequester budget cuts could have an impact on Arizona's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, but the state is looking for food changes to help keep the service available to ...
'It's serious': Pima Community College on possible probation

9OYS Education Watch : Pima Community College could face probation after a report found concerns with the school's compliance for criteria of accreditation.
iPads for early education start

9OYS Education Watch: Teachers use high tech to press home lessons in the classroom for 3 to five-year-olds.
Outsourcing is out: TUSD won't replace workers with contractors to balance budget

9OYS Education Watch: The board had considered the idea but decided contractors might yield only short term savings and make the district unable to go back to it's own workers if the contractors raised ...
Scholar weighs MAS ruling's impact on ethnic studies nationwide

9OYS Continuing Coverage: This now years-long battle has turned Tucson into ground zero when it comes to debating the ethics of ethnic studies in American schools.
The competitive spark at the Southern Arizona Science Fair

9OYS Education Watch : Extensive studies show U.S. students near the bottom of the barrel when it comes to math and science. But there are some incredible exceptions. And they're right here at the Tucson ...
TUSD administration turns budget ax on itself

District board votes about $5.8 million in cuts on administrative positions
$408,000 salary for new UA provost

UA says the pay is on the low side of average for 2nd in command of a university as large and complex as UA
Court approves TUSD's Unitary Status Plan, MAS gets second wind

9OYS Education Watch: But this does not mean Mexican American Studies is forever out of the academic or political woods.
Facebook Confessions: Principals are furious over this latest fad

Facebook confessions: it's a fad and form of digital voyeurism that has some students hooked and some principals furious.
Mathematical Meltdown: State is scrambling to get money back into classrooms

Millions of dollars that goes to Arizona classrooms will be delayed because of a massive mathematical mistake.
Who's teaching your kids? Background checks don't guarantee safety

A now-former teacher's aide charged with group sex with kids passed her background check
AIMS Dumping: Are schools weeding out the worst students?

90YS Education Watch: In some educational circles -- it's called AIMS dumping. It's a practice that some Southern Arizona principals say has being going on for years and could get worse.
Superintendent tackles security flaws in older schools

90YS Education Watch: An elementary school principal discovers a serious security flaw that dates back a few decades.
Should a school administrator be armed at every Arizona school?

9OYS Education Watch: Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is proposing to arm and train an administrator at every school, but one expert says it's not that simple.
Benson district on high alert: Students threaten violence at school on Friday

Benson police and the school district found out Wednesday that some students had talked about doing something violent at the school -- on Friday.