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Republicans Leading Historic Effort To Raise Teachers’ Salaries
By Daniel Stefanski | Republicans are leading a historic effort to raise teachers’ salaries, while most Democrats are resisting the current approach in the Arizona State Legislature. On Monday, the Arizona House moved HB 2800, sponsored by freshman Representative Matt...
Department Of Justice ‘United Against Hate’ Event Held At ASU For LGBTQ+
By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) held a Department of Justice (DOJ) “United Against Hate” event for the LGBTQ+ community last Wednesday. The event was the second in a series from the Arizona District Attorney’s Office, hosted by ASU’s...
ESA Program Reaches Milestone With 50,000 Students Enrolled
By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s first-in-the-nation universal school choice program just hit a major milestone, and it is poised for more successes in the months ahead under a Republican’s stewardship. Last year, the Arizona Legislature expanded the Empowerment...
Horne: Project Momentum To Receive Funds To Resume Its “Worthy Operations”
By Daniel Stefanski | A popular and effective program to improve Arizona schools found itself on the wrong side of Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs’ widescale efforts to claw back earmarked funds by her predecessor, but Arizona Republicans are raising awareness and...
Tucson School Board Won’t Reconsider Secretive Policy Allowing Males In Girls’ Rooms
By Corinne Murdock | A Tucson school board says it won’t review its secretive policy allowing males who claim to be transgender into girls’ locker rooms and restrooms. The Catalina Foothills School District (CFSD) told parents that it wouldn’t reconsider their...
Teachers Union Group Falsely Claimed That Public Schools Don’t Discriminate
By Corinne Murdock | Save Our Schools Arizona (SOSAZ), a teachers union activist group, falsely claimed that public schools don’t discriminate. SOSAZ claimed that the state’s universal school choice program was “taxpayer-funded hate” targeting LGBTQ+...
Teachers Union Protests Parent Hotline For Reporting Inappropriate Materials
By Corinne Murdock | On Wednesday, the state’s teachers union protested against the Arizona Department of Education’s newly-launched hotline for parents to report inappropriate class materials. The Arizona Education Association (AEA) had educators and activists march...
Arizona Secretary Of State Advocates To Keep Porn-Laden Books In Class
By Corinne Murdock | Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes advocates for keeping porn-laden books in K-12 classrooms. Fontes claimed that those opposed to sexually explicit content in classrooms were insecure and that the concept was “anti-American.” “If...
Arizona Republicans Hope To Keep Sexually Explicit Material Out Of K-12 Schools
By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona Legislative Republicans are working overtime to protect young students from what they could read or hear in their district schools, though these efforts are opposed by Democrats and have little chance at becoming law. SB 1323, sponsored...
Parent Hotline For Reporting Inappropriate Lessons Launches
By Corinne Murdock | Parents can now call a hotline to report inappropriate lessons at their schools, under a new initiative launched by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) on Tuesday. Superintendent Tom Horne discussed the hotline during a Wednesday...
University Of Arizona Faculty Safety Committee Disbands Over Retaliation Fears
By Corinne Murdock | A committee formed by University of Arizona (UArizona) faculty disbanded this month after they felt university officials were unsupportive of their efforts. In a letter explaining their disbandment, the General Faculty Committee on...
Phoenix School District Sued For Unconstitutional Discrimination Against Christians
By Corinne Murdock | Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has sued the Washington Elementary School District (WESD), alleging unconstitutional discrimination against Christians. ADF filed the lawsuit on Thursday against WESD, claiming that the district’s recent decision...
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