Tiffany Benson, Author at Arizona Globe

Arizona Teacher Shortage Persists as Educators Cite More Than Low Pay

October 28, 2026 7:29 amOctober 28, 2026 7:29 am

K-12 teacher shortages persist despite the Arizona Department of Education’s (ADE) efforts to attract qualified individuals to the profession. Most recently, the ADE announced it had received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand “pathways...

Isaac Middle School Assistant Principal Arrested for Allegedly Failing to Report Son’s Child Sex Abuse

October 26, 2026 10:23 amOctober 26, 2026 10:29 am

The arrest of 32-year-old Vicente San Diego Ramirez and 73-year-old mother Dr. Ramona Ramirez exposed the years-long sexual abuse of two teenage girls. Dr. Ramirez, who worked as the assistant principal at Isaac Middle School, is on administrative leave pending...

An Arizona Voters’ Guide to Proposition 320

October 23, 2026 8:13 amOctober 23, 2026 8:13 am

Arizonans will soon decide whether state law should mandate that K–12 public schools spend 60% of budgeted expenses on classroom instruction. If Proposition 320 (“Prop 320”) passes, the new regulation would apply to school districts with at least 7,500 students...

Dysart School Board Cuts Public Comment Time in Half

October 13, 2026 9:36 amOctober 14, 2026 7:29 am

Dysart Unified School District (DUSD) reduced the public speaking limit from three minutes to one and a half minutes for the second time at the October 5, 2026, board meeting. Board members did not formally discuss or vote on the...

Educator Sexual Misconduct Cases Rise 20% in Arizona as School Safety Concerns Mount

October 12, 2026 10:08 amOctober 14, 2026 11:51 am

As sexual misconduct, grooming and harassment by district employees increasingly threaten Arizona’s K-12 students, the State Board of Education reportedly adjudicated roughly 20% more cases in 2025, from 94 to 113, after a 491% increase of educator disciplinary actions from...

PUSD Board Members Continue to Bicker over Sexual Misconduct Claims

October 10, 2026 8:54 amOctober 12, 2026 10:08 am

Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) received a third notice of claim from an alleged survivor of adult sexual misconduct. Similar to the two students who filed a complaint against the district in the Centennial High School situation, this student claims...

Scottsdale Unified Votes To Close Two More Schools

October 9, 2026 9:13 am

After months of debate, Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) voted 3-2 to close Laguna Prep and Copper Ridge K-8 at the end of the 2026-27 school year. Board members Donna Lewis, Mike Sharkey, and Matthew Pittinsky broke their 2024 campaign...