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Research Reveals Declining Enrollment In Arizona’s Public Schools Was Predictable

Jan 29, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | In a recent report, the Common Sense Institute of Arizona (CSI) addressed the gradual slowing of enrollment in Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program and traditional public school classrooms. The report shows that despite...

Senate Committee To Investigate If Community Colleges Are Serving Students

Jan 27, 2025

By Daniel Stefanski | One Arizona legislator is attempting to ensure that students attending the state’s community colleges have what they need to succeed at school and with their future endeavors. Last week, Senate Education Chairman David Farnsworth announced that...

ADE Funding Credited For Thwarting School Shooting

Jan 21, 2025

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne praised the heroic actions of Tucson Police Officer William Bonanno, deployed under a Department of Education program to Legacy Traditional School-East Tucson, after he was able to arrest...

Phoenix-Area School District Placed Into Receivership Over $12 Million Budget Shortfall

Jan 20, 2025

By Staff Reporter | The Arizona State Board of Education (AZSBE) placed a Phoenix-area school district into receivership over mismanagement of funds. Isaac Elementary School District (IESD) had a budget shortfall amounting to over $12.3 million, which included over...

Arizona Schools Get Over 4K More Overdose Kits

Jan 20, 2025

By Staff Reporter | Arizona schools received over 4,000 overdose kits this past week, contributing to the thousands they have and will continue to receive. The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) supplied the Narcan kits through its School Training Overdose...

Hobbs Targets ESA Program In State Of The State Address

Jan 17, 2025

By Daniel Stefanski | As another legislative session begins in Arizona, Republicans and Democrats are again bringing the all-important issue of school choice to the forefront of the public debate. On Monday, Governor Katie Hobbs ushered in the start of the 57th...

Peoria School Board Elects Conservative Mom For President

Jan 12, 2025

By Staff Reporter | The newly elected Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) board president is a conservative mother, declining to re-elect the sitting president. PUSD elected its new president, Heather Rooks, during Thursday’s regular board meeting following...

Tucson Teacher Arrested For Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor

Jan 10, 2025

By Staff Reporter | James Badger, 45, a Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) teacher was arrested for sexual exploitation of children. Badger taught at Tucson High Magnet School (THMS). He was arrested on Tuesday by the Tucson Police Department and charged with...

Study Finds Significantly More Democrat Professors At ASU Than Republicans

Jan 2, 2025

By Staff Reporter | A review of Arizona State University (ASU) professors’ voter registration data found that there were 15 times more Democratic professors than Republican ones. According to an analysis of voters by The College Fix, nearly 300 professors out of...

Horne Responds To Letter From Hobbs Blasting ESA ‘Risk-Based Auditing’

Dec 26, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Earlier this month, Gov. Katie Hobbs sent a letter to Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, rebuking him for the implementation of a risk-based auditing approach to approving Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program reimbursements....

Group Counters Hobbs’ False Claims About ESAs

Dec 17, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Amid an increased flurry of attacks on Arizona’s school choice opportunities, a prominent organization is countering with the facts. Citizens For Free Enterprise responded to another derogatory statement about Arizona’s historic Empowerment...

Sen. Petersen Defends ESAs Against Anti-School Choice Activists

Dec 12, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | An influential Arizona Republican lawmaker is combating arguments from an anti-school choice organization. This week, Senate President Warren Petersen responded to a post from Save Our Schools AZ, which highlighted a local media report about...