Get FREE News Delivered To Your Inbox!
EDUCATION
Bill Would Bar Use Of Taxpayer Funds For School Board Association Dues
By Terri Jo Neff | A state senator has introduced a bill to prohibit public school districts from using taxpayer dollars to pay for membership in a state or national school board association. Current state law allows a school district governing board to budget and...
Tucson Schools to Pilot Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum
By Corinne Murdock | Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) will pilot a social-emotional learning (SEL) supplemental curriculum at 19 schools this coming spring. TUSD will rely on Character Strong’s SEL supplemental curriculum. The following make up the...
State Representative Chavez: Teachers Unions Have Gone Too Far With School Closures
By Corinne Murdock | After nearly two years of ever-changing pandemic protocols, it appears that some members of the Democratic Party and teachers unions disagree with remote learning as a viable mitigative strategy for COVID-19. State Representative César Chávez...
Newt Gingrich Commended Governor Ducey on School Choice Program to Offset Remote Learning
By Corinne Murdock | Former House Speaker and conservative pundit Newt Gingrich complimented Governor Doug Ducey for his leadership tactics concerning COVID-19 and K-12 schools. The governor announced that families may receive up to $7,000 to receive the education of...
Ducey Takes Preemptive Action To Encourage In-Person Learning For K-12
By Terri Jo Neff | In an effort to reassure students and parents, Gov. Doug Ducey announced Tuesday that he is making up to $7,000 available for families who may face financial or educational barriers due to unexpected school closures. Ducey described his new $10...
Governor Ducey: In-Person Education Will Continue
By Corinne Murdock | In an apparent response to the push from teachers' unions to revert to remote learning for at least two weeks if not more, Governor Doug Ducey announced Monday that all of Arizona would continue with in-person learning. In a thread, Ducey reminded...
Arizona Teacher Unionists Demand School Closures Over COVID Spike
By Corinne Murdock | Arizona educators have a new resolution to kick off 2022: a return to remote learning and school closures, with the struggle over school funding placed on the backburner temporarily. Teachers unions are calling for schools across Arizona to hold...
ASU Activist Students That Harassed White Male Peers Revile University For Punishing Them
By Corinne Murdock | At the end of September, three female students took it upon themselves to defend an unofficially-established multicultural center at the Arizona State University (ASU) Tempe campus by segregating those unwelcome in the longtime common room: white...
UArizona Health Director Recommends State ‘Upgrade’ Best Masking Practices
By Corinne Murdock | Those behind and in support of masking requirements who have deemed cloth and medical masks satisfactory these past 22 months are now saying they’re no longer ideal. Instead, experts have begun calling for an “upgrade” of sorts. University of...
Attorney General: Students Have Right to Counsel Under Forced School Quarantines
By Corinne Murdock | Arizona law affords students forced to quarantine by their schools for COVID-19 the right to court-appointed counsel at the expense of the state, according to Attorney General Mark Brnovich. In an opinion issued last Friday, Brnovich responded to...
Masking Lax at Arizona School Boards Association Conference Despite Mandate
By Corinne Murdock | Not all attendees were masked up at the Arizona School Boards Association’s (ASBA) Annual Conference last week, despite having a mask mandate in place. ASBA fought for local school districts to be able to establish mask mandates; they joined a...
SUSD Denounces Critics of Club Sexualizing Children, Silent on ‘Deadname’ Policy
By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, Scottsdale Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel issued a statement calling criticism of a club that encourages child sexualization under the guise of offering support — Gender & Sexualities Alliance (GSA) clubs...
Get FREE News Delivered to Your Inbox!
Corporate media seeks stories that serve its own interests. But you deserve to know what’s really going on in your community. Stay up to date on the latest in Arizona by signing up to get FREE news delivered to your inbox.
Connect with us!
ABOUT | NEWS | OPINION | ECONOMY | EDUCATION | CONTACT | CODE OF ETHICS | PRIVACY POLICY
A project of the Arizona Freedom Foundation | All Rights Reserved 2021