Tucson teachers find new ways to celebrate graduating students
Central Tucson's Carrillo Elementary School says goodbye to students heading to middle school.
TUSD approves updated sex education curriculum
One board member called the curriculum "inclusive, medically accurate and comprehensive."
DUSTWUN - A film about life, death & trust on the U.S. / Mexico border.
Also on Arizona Spotlight: How Imago Dei Middle School is building community with food; and - can a borderlands hotel that has survived a century endure the COVID-19 pandemic?
TUSD postpones in-person graduation ceremonies till June
The district will celebrate the original May graduation date, but it hopes students can come together for an in-person ceremony in June.
Diversity and desegregation in TUSD
After decades of legal battles and diversification efforts, the Tucson Unified School District wants to be released from court supervision. found that 0.7% of teenagers identify as transgender, while 3% identify as gender non-binary.](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2020/1/27/hero/photo-b-c-lindsay-morris-from-her-book-you-are-you-_4.jpg)
Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 4: Riding the Ambiguity Train
When the binary of male and female doesn’t fit.
Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 3: Trans-Generational Advice
A transgender teenage boy interviews an adult trans man.
17 TUSD schools get funding boost based on test results
The district says it's the most funding it has received since the state program started rewarding AzMERIT results in 2017.
Desert View teacher wins $100,000 excellence award from tool company
Cesar Gutierrez, a precision manufacturing teacher, is one of three winners nationwide of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools prize.
UA gets go-ahead to open school of veterinary medicine
The program will be the first public vet school in Arizona.
Sandra Cisneros on being an "extroverted introvert."
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TUSD begins search to replace resigning board member
Mark Stegeman's replacement will serve through the end of 2020.
TUSD governing board member Mark Stegeman resigns
He says radical reform is needed for the district.
TUSD sees improvement in student retention
Fewer students left the district in 2019 than the previous year.
TUSD receives largest donation of clothes for students and families
800 boxes of brand-new clothes were donated for distribution to students.
