Delivering Results Statewide
AZ Compass Prep Schools Show Initiative with Navvy
AZ Compass Prep Schools have been nominated for the Copper Apple because of the work of Principal Dr. Pamela Chandler and her team. School leadership at AZ Compass schools worked quickly to implement the state Navvy assessment system into their teaching and learning cycle and to incorporate the...
Stuff the Bus
Students and volunteers (with assistance and donations from ADE) join together to stuff school supplies, backpacks, and other classroom essentials to be delivered to schools all over the valley. The event is co-sponsored by CW-61 television on a yearly basis
Arizona Principals Are Leveling Up. So Are Their Schools. Students Are Achieving.
Arizona Principals Are Leveling Up. So Are Their Schools. Students Are Achieving. The Arizona Department of Education’s Principals’ Leadership Academy (PLA), powered by the Effective Teachers & Leaders (ETL) Unit, is helping Arizona principals lead stronger schools and drive measurable student...
Prescott Valley Business & Equine Center receive National Blue Ribbon Award
Video tour of Prescott Valley Business and Equine Center and presentation of National Blue Ribbon Award presentation
Desert View Academy in Yuma receives student achievement Awa
Campus tour and award presentation by Superintendent Horne.
Character Counts Day
Extolling the virtues and correlation of character training and its impact on student development and future opportunity.
Cesar Chavez elementary receives improvement award
Cesar Chavez Elementary in South Phoenix triumphs in raising testing scores in reading, writing, and math in a culturally diverse, dual-language environment
Chinle Elementary receives National Blue Ribbon Achievement Award
Chinle Elementary receives National Blue Ribbon Achievement award for most improved progress in reading and math. Chinle's outstanding efforts from tests in reading, writing, and math were up 40% in reading, writing and comprehension and 32% up in math--one of the highest gains in the state.
Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony
When the National Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C. was cancelled in 2026, the Arizona Department of Education brought all the Arizona recipients of this prestigious achievement award in this honors ceremony.