Of all the offices contested in the upcoming primary election, one should be an absolute no-brainer for voters: superintendent of public instruction.

Public schools should be able to hire individuals with no specialized education training to teach in their classrooms, John Huppenthal said Wednesday.

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors is seeking applicants for superintendent of public instruction following the resignation of Jack Harmon, effective at the end of June. His term was to expire at the end of 2008.

The Kyrene Elementary School District will host public forums beginning tonight for community members to meet the four finalists in the search for a new superintendent.

The Kyrene Elementary School District will host public forums beginning tonight for community members to meet the four finalists in the search for a new superintendent.

Mesa school district's Associate Superintendent Michael Cowan said he is ready to lead the largest school system in the state if given the chance later this year.

The debate between two candidates who want to lead Arizona’s schools is largely focused on how best to test student achievement. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a Republican, and his Democratic challenger, Jason Williams, debated Sunday night at the Barton Barr Central Library in Phoenix.

The debate between two candidates who want to lead Arizona’s schools is largely focused on how best to test student achievement. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a Republican, and his Democratic challenger, Jason Williams, debated Sunday night at the Barton Barr Central Library in Phoenix.

It’s not the matchup everybody expected. Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is being challenged by a 29-year-old nonprofit director who has campaigned by traveling the state in a big yellow school bus.

It’s not the matchup everybody expected. Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is being challenged by a 29-year-old nonprofit director who has campaigned by traveling the state in a big yellow school bus.

Arizona voters appeared to cast a vote of approval for state schools chief Tom Horne Tuesday night. Horne, the incumbent State Superintendent of Public Instruction, had a slight lead according to unofficial election results.

The superintendent search is not over in the Tempe Elementary School District.

February 9, 2005

With the primary behind us, we can focus on the final stretch of this campaign season leading into the November general election. While all the races are important, one in particular merits Arizona voters’ attention.

If Arizona voters approve Penny Kotterman as the next state schools chief, she would be the first professional educator in the office since C. Diane Bishop in the early 1990s.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal has announced that Dr. Jennifer M. Johnson was named deputy superintendent of programs and policy for the Arizona Department of Education, replacing John Stollar. Her first day at the Department was Aug. 30.

Three of the state’s former education chiefs want Tom Horne and the Arizona Department of Education to stop telling charter schools what to teach and when to teach it.

As state superintendent of public instruction, John Huppenthal said he would take what he's learned from examining schools and through research models to put the best ideas out there for principals across Arizona to study and implement.

The Queen Creek Unified School District governing board is interviewing two internal candidates for its superintendency and could decide as soon as Tuesday whether or not to hire one of them or proceed with a national search.

Regarding the letter endorsing Penny Kotterman for Superintendant for Public Instruction (Sept. 12), being a school teacher is only a small part toward becoming an elected official. If my memory is correct, I believe the current governor was also a school teacher for 20 years.

More of Arizona’s public schools are excelling, according to the state Department of Education.

The Phoenix Metro Chapter of National Association of Women Business (NAWBO) will host a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 13 at 2901 N. Seventh St. featuring a lively discussion between the Democratic and Republican candidates for statewide office.

The Phoenix Metro Chapter of National Association of Women Business (NAWBO) will host a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 13 at 2901 N. Seventh St. featuring a lively discussion between the Democratic and Republican candidates for statewide office.

The Phoenix Metro Chapter of National Association of Women Business (NAWBO) will host a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 13 at 2901 N. Seventh St. featuring a lively discussion between the Democratic and Republican candidates for statewide office.