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Hobbs Officially Signs Balanced Budget Expanding School Choice
By Matthew Holloway | The State of Arizona has passed a balanced budget through the Republican controlled House and Senate not only hammering down a $1.4 billion shortfall in projected tax revenues but actually expanding and reforming the state’s Empowerment...
Arizona Republicans Protect School Choice In Budget Negotiations
By Daniel Stefanski | For the second year in a row, Republicans protected the state’s historic school choice program from Democrats seeking to regulate or end it. This past weekend, the Arizona legislature passed the 2024-2025 state budget, adjourning for the session....
University Of Arizona’s Mandatory DEI Curriculum Makes Students Play Pretend As Bugs
By Staff Reporter | The University of Arizona (UArizona) has gone back to the basics — way back, in fact: one course fulfilling the university’s mandatory diversity & equity (D&E) curriculum requires students to play pretend as bugs. The Goldwater Institute, a...
Arizona Department Of Education Offering Summer Grocery Benefits Program
By Staff Reporter | Low-income Arizona families can get some relief this summer on their grocery bill, thanks to a federal program organized by the state. The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and Department of Economic Security (DES) are offering a federal...
Peoria Schools Approve Expanding Federally Funded Mental Health Clinics
By Staff Reporter | Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) has approved an application for expansion of federally-funded mental health clinics to seven schools. Board member Heather Rooks was the sole “no” vote on the measure. The funds are part of a...
ASU Art Exhibit Features Image Of George Floyd Wearing Crown Of Thorns
By Elizabeth Troutman | A speaker at Arizona State University’s George Floyd-themed art exhibit claimed Floyd died for “each and every last one of us.” “Had not George Floyd died, we wouldn’t be here,” said Eliza Wesley, Minneapolis resident and “gatekeeper” of the...
New Study Shows Wealthy Students Cost State Billions More In Public Schools Than ESA Program
By Staff Reporter | The state spends billions more on wealthy students who attend public schools than through the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA), or universal school choice program, according to a new analysis of federal census data from the Goldwater...
Arizona Department Of Education’s Achievement Tutoring Program Showing Positive Results
By Daniel Stefanski | One of Arizona’s official tutoring programs for the state’s children is getting results. Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne recently highlighted the success of the Arizona Department of Education’s Achievement Tutoring...
Survey: Majority Of College Students Support Pro-Hamas Protests
By Staff Reporter | A majority of college students support pro-Hamas protests and a significant percentage condone violence. According to a survey of nearly 800 full-time college students by Intelligent.com, 65 percent of students were supportive of the...
ASU Bans Professor Following Activist Demands Of Arrest And Firing For Confronting Muslim
By Staff Reporter | Arizona State University (ASU) banned a professor after his verbal confrontation with a Muslim woman on campus went viral online. ASU professor Jonathan Yudelman, a School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership postdoctoral research...
Two BASIS Charter School Students Named Presidential Scholars By Department Of Education
By Staff Reporter | Charter school students are making a name for Arizona schools nationwide: two BASIS Charter School students were named presidential scholars by the Department of Education. The department selected only 161 high school seniors for the...
Horne Launches Initiative To Supply Schools With Anti-Overdose Drug Narcan
By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s school’s chief is taking on the state’s fentanyl crisis. Earlier this week, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced the creation of “an initiative to supply schools with the anti-overdose drug Narcan and a...
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