From the Editors of Las Fabulosas A new school year means an uptick in the annual long list of school supplies. In fact, the average familia spends nearly $700 on back-to-school purchases. Luckily, there are easy and creative ways to
By COLTON GAVIN Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Arizona had the nation’s steepest per-student cuts in state aid to higher education and the highest rates of tuition increase from pre-recession funding levels until today, according to a new report. The
The San Marina Learning Center, created almost a year ago by Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) to help keep children off the streets and encourage them to keep up with their school work, will now be named Cox Technology
By Moriah Costa Cronkite News Several GOP bills to roll back or forbid Arizona’s switch to the Common Core State Standards would harm efforts to create a more competitive workforce, business leaders said Thursday. “We believe that it would be wrong
Many social smokers believe they don’t puff on enough cigarettes to be at risk of serious side effects. But new research shows that smoking just 100 cigarettes in a lifetime increases a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer by 30
By Jordan Young Cronkite News To Cindy McCain, co-chair of a task force Gov. Jan Brewer assembled to address human trafficking, one way to combat the problem is treating women and girls lured into the sex trade as victims. “They’re not prostitutes,
By Harmony Huskinson Cronkite News Alone, they are scattering of yellow, blue and green cords in a grey case. But when eighth-grader Robert Rubio gets ahold of them at this community arts center, he can create light. With unwavering focus
By Mauro Whiteman Cronkite News Arizona had the smallest gap between men’s and women’s pay among states in 2012, with women in the state earning about 87 cents to the dollar, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By Caitlin Cruz Cronkite News A state lawmaker wants to remove a requirement that children of active-duty military members attend public school for 100 days before applying for a state program that helps families pay for educational alternatives. Rep. Sonny
