Schools show progress but remain a ways away from excellence. That's how Superintendent Diane Douglas summed up the state of education in Arizona during an address to select state lawmakers Wednesday.

In 2015, he was superintendent at Mingus Union High School District in Cottonwood. In commercials and interviews over the past month, Gov. Doug Ducey has touted the education funding package he was ...

Two years ago, the Arizona Legislature set aside $24 million for Gov. Doug Ducey's vision to "fund the wait list." The idea was to create a program to help high-performing schools meet student demand.

Arizona’s legislators return to work on Monday for their third week of MAGA. That is, making Arizona great again. To that laudable end, I have a few suggestions for what they can do. Once they finish ...

Arizona teachers are preparing to strike, skeptical that Gov. Doug Ducey can (or will) deliver on his promise of an eventual 20 percent pay raise. Meanwhile, Ducey is strong arming the Legislature to ...

In May 2015, I was honored when Gov. Doug Ducey asked me to serve as co-chair of his Classrooms First Initiative Council, leading a diverse cross-section of appointees from Arizona’s business and ...

Gov. Doug Ducey launched his State of the State address with a condemnation of the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month and a call for collaboration between the political parties. Quoting ...

Gov. Doug Ducey doesn't understand Arizona teachers, so I’ll give it a go as his interpreter. The polished, well-heeled Republican governor said Monday that he doesn’t understand the threat of a ...

So far, there have been two distinguishable political personas for Gov. Doug Ducey. The question is, which one will be running for re-election in 2018? During his first campaign for governor, Ducey ...