# The Beam: Investigative Journalism That Serves Arizona

> The Beam is an Arizona investigative newsroom producing accountability reporting on education, public institutions and how power operates\.

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## Pages
- [The Beam en español](https://thebeam.org/the-beam-en-espanol/)
- [Meet the Journalists](https://thebeam.org/journalists/)
- [Investigations](https://thebeam.org/investigations/)
- [The Beam: Innovation\. Accountability\. Experimentation\.](https://thebeam.org/)
- [Latest News](https://thebeam.org/latest/)

## Posts
- [Press record, press delete: How some Arizona school boards flunk Transparency 101](https://thebeam.org/arizona-school-boards-delete-recordings/): Some districts post board meeting videos online\. Many don’t\. Three delete recordings in apparent violation of state law\.
- [Some Glendale voters want their school board on the record](https://thebeam.org/glendale-voters-want-school-board-meetings-recorded/): Glendale Union High School District does not record its board meetings\. Voters at the recent primary polls told The Beam that should change\.
- [Graduation gap: Fewer of Arizona's growing number of graduates meet state standard](https://thebeam.org/gap-growing-between-arizona-students-graduating-and-math-and-english-proficiency/): 80% of public high school students graduated in 2025, but most failed 11th\-grade standardized tests — a gap that's worse for low\-income students\. 
- [Presiona grabar, presiona borrar: Cómo algunas juntas escolares de Arizona reprueban Transparencia 101](https://thebeam.org/juntas-escolares-arizona-borran-grabaciones/): Al menos tres juntas escolares de Arizona graban sus reuniones y luego borran los archivos antes del plazo que exige la ley\. The Beam encuestó a 208 distritos\.
- [Arizona can’t find enough teachers\. The companies filling the gaps are making billions\.](https://thebeam.org/arizona-teacher-shortage-staffing-company-profits/): Arizona districts can't fill classrooms, so they pay private staffing firms nearly $80,000 a teacher\. Some of it never reaches the teacher\.

## Categories
- [Education](https://thebeam.org/category/issues/education/)
- [Investigations](https://thebeam.org/category/investigations/)
- [News](https://thebeam.org/category/news/)
- [Investigaciones](https://thebeam.org/category/investigaciones/)
- [Public Safety](https://thebeam.org/category/issues/pubic-safety/)

## Tags
- [Education](https://thebeam.org/tag/education/)
- [Transparency](https://thebeam.org/tag/transparency/)
- [School Boards](https://thebeam.org/tag/school-boards/)
- [arizona department of education](https://thebeam.org/tag/arizona-department-of-education/)
- [public records](https://thebeam.org/tag/public-records/)

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