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Horne Celebrates Native American Students’ Remarkable Improvements In Reading And Math

Sep 29, 2025

By Ethan Faverino | Native American students across Arizona are achieving significant improvements in reading and math proficiency, driven by targeted school improvement strategies, according to State Superintendent Tom Horne. Notably, three schools in the Chinle...

ASU Professor Blasted For Disparaging Remarks On Charlie Kirk And Christianity

Sep 28, 2025

By Jonathan Eberle | Arizona State University history professor Alexander Aviña is at the center of controversy after social media posts highlighted comments he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Christianity. The account Project Constitution posted on...

Hobbs Stirs Controversy With New Appointment To Arizona Board Of Regents

Sep 28, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | Governor Katie Hobbs has sparked controversy by appointing James "Jimmy" McCain, son of the late Senator John McCain, to the Arizona Board of Regents. The decision raised eyebrows due to McCain’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies,...

Goldwater Report: Arizona K-12 School Superintendents Earn Up To $500K With Perks

Sep 26, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | After overcoming months of stonewalling, the Goldwater Institute has issued a report revealing that school district superintendents in Arizona are awarded some of the most lucrative public service contracts in the state. The report, by...

Arizona State University Gets $115 Million For Globalist Conservation School

Sep 24, 2025

By Staff Reporter | Arizona State University (ASU) received $115 million to establish a new school of conservation with a globalist drive. The millions from the Rob Walton Foundation, a sustainability nonprofit, launched the Rob Walton School of Conservation...

Poll: Arizona Voters Back More Parental Control In Schools—But Politics Drives The Divide

Sep 24, 2025

By Ethan Faverino | A new Arizona Public Opinion Pulse (AZPOP) survey from Noble Predictive Insights (NPI) reveals that Arizona voters favor greater parental control over education and support restrictions on classroom discussions about race, gender, and sexuality....

Horne Calls For Increased School Safety After Knife Fight At Carl Hayden High School

Sep 22, 2025

By Ethan Faverino | Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is urging the Phoenix Union High School District to reverse its decision to reject armed officers on campus following a violent knife fight between two female students at Carl Hayden High...

Public Records Stonewalling? DVUSD Under Fire Ahead Of Override Vote

Sep 20, 2025

By Staff Reporter | Community members are questioning delays in Deer Valley Unified School District (DVUSD) releases of public records. Tiffany Hawkins, a former board candidate and parent in the district, reported DVUSD “buried” about 3,000 emails in a public records...

Trump’s Education Department To Give ‘Historic’ Investment In School Choice

Sep 18, 2025

By Staff Reporter | The Department of Education (ED) announced a significant new investment in school choice. On Monday, ED pledged “historic” investments into charter schools, American history and civics programs, Historically Black Colleges and...

Nation’s Report Card Reveals Alarming Decline In Student Performance Across The Country

Sep 16, 2025

By Ethan Faverino | The U.S. Department of Education released the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results, known as the Nation's Report Card, revealing historic lows in academic performance for eighth and twelfth-grade students in science,...

Sex-Ed Books Pulled From Children’s Sections In Several Maricopa County Libraries

Sep 14, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | A dozen Maricopa County libraries have removed more than 50 books on sex education and puberty from their children’s sections. The move follows complaints from parents and advocacy groups who said the books contained inappropriate material. As...

Horne Calls For Legislature To Spend $180 Million On Securing Arizona Schools

Sep 8, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | With the tragic murder of a Maryvale High School student and the brutal attack against the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, MN, still fresh in public memory, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne submitted a legislative...