Arizona Public Media reported that while many point to teacher salaries as the best way to address Arizona's teacher recruitment and retainment problem, one group is putting a special emphasis on another factor: data.

The National Council on Teacher Quality said Arizona, and other states, aren't doing enough to collect and connect data — in particular, data on teacher preparation programs.

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Phoenix Business Journal posted a blog by Steve Zylstra, president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, saying that Arizona companies need to fill thousands of openings. "That’s good news for the state," wrote Zylstra. "The bad news is we may not have enough talent to fill these spots with Arizonans as fast as needed.

In a column for AZCentral, Linda Valdez writes that the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District was not created to raid water from other counties, but that's what's happening.

Mohave County Supervisor Lois Wakimoto says water speculators bought up farmland so Colorado River water allotments can be transferred to central Arizona.

ASU Now reported that this year's Morrison Prize was awarded to authors navigating rocky terrain of partisan politics. Even with widespread agreement that the world’s climate is rapidly changing, the United States has struggled to combat the issue, hindered by divisive partisanship. Hari M.

KPNX 12News presented a Cronkite News report that stated nearly 1,000 DACA recipients in our state currently work as teachers. That number will continue to rise as DACA college students studying education graduate and find jobs in Arizona, which is suffering from a teacher shortage.

KJZZ reported that while drought conditions persist in Arizona, people in the water policy world are trying to keep the Colorado River, lifeline for the Southwest, at healthy levels.

The Arizona Republic reported that Gov. Doug Ducey, in his final State of the State address before asking voters to return him to the executive office, invoked issues that should bridge any political or ideological divide, such as fighting opioid abuse, seizing illegal drugs and guns at the border and going after impaired wrong-way drivers.

The White Mountain Independent reported that education could very well be the defining issue across many state races in 2018 and Jonathan Gelbart, a Republican from northwest Phoenix, thinks he can be the voice for that issue. He’s running for state Superintendent of Public Instruction.