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Students on the University of Arizona campus, Aug. 25, 2020.

University of Arizona sees COVID-19 spike

Most of the cases are from students living off campus.

Vivienne, Stella and Liam were all recognized for their creativity and skill in a K-5 division poetry contest, co-sponsored by the University of Arizona Poetry Center, The Pima County Public Library and Arizona Public Media. The theme was "What do you want the world to know about how you feel?".

Young Tucson poets share their feelings about life in the year 2020.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The lifelong connection between a UA educator and the American Western; and part 4 of Youth Crossing Gender Borders: “Riding the Ambiguity Train”.

Mission San Xavier del Bac.

GoFundMe campaign raises more than $20,000 for students at San Xavier Mission School

The money will be used to buy laptops for students in the Tohono O'odham Nation doing virtual learning.

File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

Education notebook: More counties get green light for class return, UA testing wastewater for COVID-19

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.

A webcam is fitted onto a computer monitor at the nonprofit Chicanos Por La Causa's community center in Phoenix. August 2020.

How to manage at-home stressors related to remote learning

A discussion with Tricia Haynes, a professor with the UA Dept. of Health Promotion Sciences.

A boy uses the computer lab at the nonprofit Chicanos Por La Causa in Phoenix on August 24, 2020.

Arizona nonprofit focused on bridging students’ digital divide

Chicanos Por La Causa is providing refurbished computers to needy families.

Climate change will mean hotter temperatures and likely longer periods of drought for the Southwest.

Arizona Spotlight for August 27, 2020

How a Tucson middle school is approaching the new school year; a remembrance of community builder André Newman; and “Trans-Generational Advice”.

K-12 Poetry Contest winners

Students across southern Arizona submitted thought-provoking and heartfelt poems and 13 have been chosen as winners and honorable mentions. Read them here and listen to Arizona Spotlight in September to hear students reading their poems.

Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA slowing its plan to return to campus

The administration is waiting longer to bring more students back to classrooms.

Exhibits at the 2017 SARSEF fair.

Science fair goes completely virtual for 2021

SARSEF plans to put 7,000 displays online.

File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

Education notebook: Invest in Ed back on ballot, UA reopens Monday

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state, Aug. 22.

#RedforEd protesters descended on the Capitol in the spring of 2018.

Invest in Ed initiative headed for November ballot

Following legal battles, the Arizona secretary of state certified the Invest in Ed ballot initiative.

#RedForEd protesters at the Arizona Capitol, Monday, April 30, 2018.

Arizona Supreme Court revives education tax initiative

The Invest in Education Act would tax the wealthy to boost education funding.

Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: No new coronavirus deaths reported in state, Pima County cases stabilize

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 17.

File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

Education notebook: Responses to school reopenings vary, on-site learning deadline draws near

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state, Aug. 15.

Students and instructors stage a "die-in" against The University of Arizona's COVID-19 re-entry policy, August 14, 2020.

'Die-in' protests UA reopening plans

Demonstrators want science-based plans and more transparency.

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