For families with food allergies, reading labels is a lifestyle but doctors are warning a change to labeling guidelines could put some people at risk of an allergic reaction. COVID-19 closed processing plants and affected farms, causing a strain on the food supply chain. In response, the Food and Drug Administration threw them a...
Read MoreThis week, APS launched their “Supply My Class” Teacher Awards sweepstake. APS will award $500 for school supplies to 300 Arizona K-12 public and charter school teachers. APS is a strong supporter of Arizona teachers and is making the effort to make sure that they have everything they need for their learning environments this...
Read MoreAn important warning to parents. A new “challenge” has surfaced on the popular app Tik Tok and it has had a devastating outcome. When a teen girl died near Oklahoma City in August, her family blamed the 15-year-old’s death on a Benadryl overdose according to a letter from her mother. The letter points the...
Read MoreSuperintendent Kathy Hoffman on Friday announced a new partnership with the Arizona Boys and Girls Club and YMCA that will give children a safe place for learning. The partnership is also in collaboration with the Arizona Department of Education and Gov. Doug Ducey’s office. Following the most recent executive order, schools are required to...
Read MorePharmacists in all 50 states are now allowed to give childhood vaccinations under a new directive aimed at preventing future outbreaks of measles and other preventable diseases. Alex Azar, the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made the change amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared a public health emergency....
Read MoreThe Arizona Department of Health Services dashboard, which updates every Thursday, showed that Maricopa County has met two of the three coronavirus benchmarks designed to guide schools on when it’s safe to start in-person learning this year. Arizona’s most populous county met the benchmarks for a two-week decline in cases. The report also shows...
Read MoreMany of the nation’s largest school districts plan to begin the fall semester online only. As schools consider reopening, children face a future in which online courses will probably be part of the curriculum. To make the best of this situation, here are some tips to help your child adapt to learning from home....
Read MoreWith the health of students, teachers, and staff as their top priority, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) have partnered in the development of guidance to support the safe reopening of in-person learning in Arizona schools. Per Governor Ducey’s June 23 Executive Order, Arizona: Open for Learning,...
Read MoreBefore COVID-19, children would spend a lot of the day at school. There they may have been taught about internet safety and how to be protected online. Most schools also have systems that filter or restrict access to online content. Schools provide protective environments to restrict access to content such as pornography and gambling....
Read MoreArizona has the third-worst public school system in the U.S., according to a ranking from WalletHub released Monday. The personal finance website ranked Arizona No. 49 out of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for public education. WalletHub’s methodology focused on two key metrics — quality and safety — that were then broken down...
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