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No link between school district administration costs, teacher pay

No link between school district administration costs, teacher pay

by Jim Small | Apr 20, 2018 | Education, Education

Arizona teachers plan to walk out of their classrooms April 26 to protest low salaries and nearly $1 billion cut from K-12 funding in the wake of the Great Recession that hasn’t yet been replaced. But as state policy makers weigh their options in response to the...
Attorney General asks court to halt Scottsdale school construction over procurement violations

Attorney General asks court to halt Scottsdale school construction over procurement violations

by Evan Wyloge | Feb 22, 2018 | Education, Education

Attorney General asks court to halt Scottsdale school construction over procurement violations By Evan Wyloge, AZCIR, and Mariana Dale, KJZZ News | Feb. 22, 2018 The Arizona Attorney General’s office filed a complaint Thursday against Scottsdale Unified School...
Builders bankroll school bond campaigns, dominate construction contracts

Builders bankroll school bond campaigns, dominate construction contracts

by Evan Wyloge | Dec 20, 2017 | Education, Education, Elections, Uncategorized

Building Relationships A small group of builders bankroll bond campaigns and dominate K-12 construction contracts By Evan Wyloge and Carrie Jung Editor’s note: This article is a collaboration between Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting and KJZZ. It is...
Arizona wrongly distributed $62 million in federal aid for poor students over 4 years

Arizona wrongly distributed $62 million in federal aid for poor students over 4 years

by Jim Small | Oct 26, 2017 | Education, Education, Government Transparency, Uncategorized

Arizona wrongly distributed $62 million in federal aid for poor students over 4 years By Jim Small and Evan Wyloge | Oct. 26, 2017 The Arizona Department of Education was alerted in March 2015 that it was improperly distributing federal funds intended to help...
Schools cite incorrect data, construction, school threats in letter grade appeals

Schools cite incorrect data, construction, school threats in letter grade appeals

by Evan Wyloge | Oct 16, 2017 | Education, Education

Seventy-three schools are appealing the letter grades they’ve been given by state school officials, citing a variety of reasons that their grade should be improved. For about two-thirds of those appealing, school officials say either that the Arizona Department of...
Arizona Department of Education forcibly removes reporter asking to inspect records

Arizona Department of Education forcibly removes reporter asking to inspect records

by Evan Wyloge | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog, Education, Education, Government Transparency

Arizona Department of Education forcibly removes reporter asking to inspect records Evan Wyloge and Jim Small | Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Education physically removed an AZCIR reporter out of its Capitol Mall...
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