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A school bus.

Arizona Schools Chief Hoffman to Develop School Safety Plans

The superintendent of public instruction says she'll create a task force aimed at preventing violence on campuses.
Lindsey Malecha warms up with her UA Women's Basketball teammates at the McKale Memorial Center in January 2019.

UA Athlete On Successes On and Off the Court

Lindsey Malecha is a basketball player and aspiring surgeon.
Tucson #RedForEd demonstrators in April, 2019.

#RedForEd Holds Before-School 'Walk-Ins' in Tucson

The protests at 28 schools focused on lack of legislative action.
Desert View High School students hold a protest at the Pima County Sheriff's Department on Benson Highway in Tucson. Students walked for two hours to protest the detention of senior classmate Thomas Torres.

Desert View Students Protest Classmate's Detention, Possible Deportation

Over 100 students marched to demand Border Patrol release their classmate, a high school senior the district says was set to graduate this month.
Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo shared his idea to move sixth graders back to elementary schools and house only seventh and eighth grade students in junior high schools at a Governing Board meeting April 30, 2019.

TUSD Mulls Plan to Keep Sixth Graders in Elementary School

The idea presented by the superintendent is still in the works, but would mean dismantling non-magnet middle schools and establishing junior highs.
1,100 backpacks represent the number of college students who died by suicide in 2018. This event was designed to raise awareness about mental health and encourage suicide prevention.

Can 1,000 Empty Backpacks Save Lives?

Also: How Pima County could pay for newly opened migrant shelters; Bridging cultural divides with the Persian language; Tucson author Janni Lee Simner reads from her new book.
The UA Poetry Center likely is home to around 4 million poems, according to Tyler Meier.

UA Students Bridging Art and Medicine at Poetry Center

The course for medical students was designed around artwork and written experiences from patients, doctors and caregivers.
Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Anthony Rusk as 2019-21 student regent for the Arizona Board of Regents on April 26, 2019.

UA Sophomore Named Student Regent

Anthony Rusk will become the second Student Regent on the board.
File image of a classroom in Arizona.

School Counselors Lacking in Arizona's Schools

UA Professor of Counseling Education Lia Falco described the benefits of having a counselor on campus.
The Yellow Sheet’s Hank Stephenson sits down with Lorraine Rivera to explain ways education has come up in this year’s legislative session.

Education Issues This Legislative Session

A discussion with the Yellow Sheet's Hank Stephenson.
Guatemalan father with his 5 year old daughter. It took father and daughter almost two weeks to get to the Arizona border. They are asylum seekers staying at a temporary shelter opened by the City of Tucson to relieve the overflow of migrants at Tucson shelters. (April 18, 2019)

The City of Tucson Offers Hope to Migrants in Need

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Go backstage at Tucson High Magnet School to preview "Our Border Town"; Tucson poet laureate TC Tolbert receives grant from the Academy of American Poets; And, what would you do with the blessing of extra time to be alive?
Protesters make their way to Old Main at the University of Arizona on April 10, 2019. They were demonstrating in support of three students cited for protesting a presentation given in a classroom by Border Patrol agents in March.

Charges Dropped Against UA Students Who Protested Border Patrol on Campus

Pima County declined to prosecute; the UA code of conduct investigation continues.
A young girl reads with an educator in class.

Benefits of Keeping Kids Active During Summer Break

A discussion Teddi Schnurr, an early childhood education faculty member at Pima Community College.
A student in the Vail School District works in class.

Arizona Schools Struggle to Find Footing With National Testing Standards

The U.S. Department of Education says the state is out of compliance.
AZPM is partnering with StoryCorps for One Small Step to record conversations between strangers who hold different political beliefs.

Finding Common Ground with "One Small Step"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Free speech debate on campus; "I Dream in Widescreen Returns"; and thoughts on kindness from the Mission Garden.
Various denominations of U.S. currency.

Law Adds Money Management to Arizona High School Curriculum

Courses could cover anything from how to balance a checkbook to the consequences of debt.

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