TUSD surveys families on 4-day week, year-round options for 2027-28
The Tucson Unified School District proposed a four-day school week and a year-round calendar for the 2027-28 school year in an email survey to families over the summer break and late Friday afternoon. The year-round option begins earlier in the summer and includes longer breaks during the school year. It would begin July 22, 2027…
Pelear, huir o paralizarse: ejes de la obra comunitaria que desafía “El Mito de la Víctima Perfecta”
Ana pelea. Priscila huye. Judith se paraliza. Las tres son sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica, son inmigrantes y subirán a un escenario en Tucson para contar en primera persona el momento…
Fight, flee or freeze: 3 responses at the heart of a community play challenging “The Myth of the Perfect Victim”
Ana fights. Priscila flees. Judith freezes. All three are survivors of domestic violence and immigrants who will take the stage in Tucson to tell, in their own words, about the…
Second jobs can keep Tucson teachers in the profession, but at what cost?
Before her 7:20 a.m. arrival at Bloom Elementary School on Tucson’s east side, Rebecca Vieira wakes up, preps three boys for the day and makes breakfasts and lunches. Her day…
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After early morning Tucson raid, 5 detained and few answers
Tiff Williams was walking their dog around 6 a.m. Thursday in their north side Tucson neighborhood when they saw a commotion at the house across the street. Williams watched as agents spilled out of a large gray tank-like vehicle, guns drawn, and began yelling in…
Keep readingFlorence Project will continue to represent unaccompanied migrant children despite canceled federal contract
The federal government’s contract to pay for legal services for unaccompanied minors lapsed last week, leaving tens of thousands of immigrant children at risk of moving through the immigration system with no legal support. In Arizona, one of the primary providers of legal representation for…
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Pima County moves toward data center moratorium, tighter transparency
The Pima County board of supervisors is asking its staff to draft policies intended to provide more transparency and accountability…
Condado de Pima avanza hacia moratoria para centros de datos y mayor transparencia
La Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Pima está pidiendo a su personal que redacte políticas destinadas a brindar mayor…
“The human work of teaching”: Arizona’s Teacher Residency Program a solution to keeping educators in the profession
FLAGSTAFF — When it became clear last spring Ruben Rosthenhausler would lose his job as manager of the Berger Performing…
“El trabajo humano de enseñar”: Programa de Residencia Docente de Arizona mantiene a maestros ejerciendo
FLAGSTAFF — Cuando quedó claro la primavera pasada que Ruben Rosthenhausler perdería su trabajo como gerente del Berger Performing Arts…
Keeping teachers in the classroom: Examining Southern Arizona solutions to a nationwide crisis
One local teacher dumpster dives for classroom supplies. Another left his job of more than two decades to enter the…
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