Hoping to help close STEM achievement gaps, the University of Arizona's Colleen Kelley is producing a comic book series. It's called M.C. Detective Agency: Chemical Solutions Required. 

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#ThisIsTucson's School & Camp Fair features more than 60 schools, summer camps and organizations, plus adoptable pets, free bike helmets and more. The event will be held April 10 at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Read moreTalk to dozens of summer camps and schools at our upcoming fair

More of Pima County's children and teens will be ditching masks in school following recent changes in county and federal guidelines. Read moreHere's what's happening with mask mandates in Tucson-area schools

Since Tucson-area schools returned from winter break, district personnel have been battling a rising number of COVID-19 cases that has put a strain on their staffing resources. Other COVID news: More people in Arizona and Pima County tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week of January than any other week on record.  Read moreTucson schools are struggling with staff shortages amid COVID surge

Students in Imago Dei Middle School's THREAD program pitched a new product for tajin-pickled vegetables and fruit. The class is taught by Frank DiPietrapaul, who went through the StartUp Tucson Recipes for Success Food Accelerator program. Read moreThese Tucson eighth graders created their own tajín spice blend for fruits and veggies

Children and teens in the Tucson area can submit their work to the 13th annual Young Authors contest, open now through Dec. 16.  Read moreKids and teens can submit their work to this author contest until Dec. 16

Some school districts have implemented changes to their teaching models — including outdoor learning spaces and real-time tutoring — to make up for the learning and social experience gaps created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read moreOutdoor learning, real-time tutors: Tucson-area schools fill pandemic learning gaps

The vaccine is becoming available here just as cases in Pima County’s schools have increased substantially week over week: 738 new school-related cases this week, with 623 infections in students. Read moreTucson now has doses of COVID-19 vaccines for kids

The new app through Tucson Unified School District offers virtual and in-person counseling services to students at no charge to them. Billed as the first of its kind in the nation, it's designed to help students and families coping with trauma and stress, especially during the pandemic.  Read moreThis new TUSD app connects students with free mental health support

Thanks to a grant from Solutions Journalism Network, we wrote four stories with the Arizona Daily Star and La Estrella de Tucsón about ways Tucson and Pima County officials and organizations are trying to help make child care more accessible. Read moreChild care is expensive for many families. Here's how officials and organizations hope to help

HB 2016 waives a 20-hour-per-week work requirement for parents receiving Arizona DES child care subsidies. That means low-income parents who are already qualified for DES child care subsidies will have the option to enroll at an accredited educational institution or employment training program and still maintain their child care subsidy. Read moreThis Arizona program gives low-income parents a chance at career advancement

Find out how some Tucson nonprofits and organizations are working to help families with early learning resources and child care.  Read moreChildcare is a complex issue, but Tucson nonprofits and organizations are trying to help

Head Start, and other providers of high-quality early childhood education, are getting a boost this fall, thanks to a $10 million infusion of funding approved by the Pima County Board of Supervisors in May. Read moreHow organizers turned around a failed effort to fund quality preschool for Tucson families

With the cost of infant care exceeding the cost of a year of in-state tuition at the University of Arizona, families struggle to make ends meet. Read moreInfant care costs more than a year of in-state tuition at the UA. Tucson officials hope to bridge the gap

Tucson kids can now virtually meet award-winning authors and illustrators via Zoom during Imagination Fridays. The fall webinar series is organized by the Tucson Festival of Books and Worlds of Words. Read moreHere's how your kids can (virtually) meet world-renowned authors and illustrators this fall

If you have questions regarding COVID-19 cases and mask mandates in Tucson's K-12 public schools, this article may help. Read moreMask mandates, COVID-19 cases: Info for parents of K-12 children in Tucson

Tucson groups are distributing thousands of free backpacks and school supplies to help students get ready for the 2021 school year. Read moreFind free and cheap backpacks and back-to-school gear at these Tucson events in July

The county-funded Pima Early Education Program scholarships (PEEPs), is a brand new program meant to help provide full or partial financial assistance for children from low-income families to attend preschool at 170 locations throughout the county.  Read morePreschool scholarships are available for Pima County children from low-income families