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NAU To Provide Free Tuition to Native Americans, Limit Aid to Other Races

Feb 13, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Northern Arizona University (NAU) will provide free tuition regardless of income to Native Americans from Arizona tribes but requires other races to fall below a certain financial threshold to qualify. NAU President José Luis Cruz...

Desert Mountain High School Puts on Play Exploring Kids’ Sexuality

Feb 11, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | This week, Desert Mountain High School (DMHS) put on a play exploring the sexuality of kids. It’s the latest display of the school’s promotion of minors’ sexualization. The play, “She Kills Monsters,” tells the story of a high school...

Republicans Lead Effort To Lift School Spending Cap

Feb 10, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Republicans led a bipartisan effort in the Arizona Legislature to raise the aggregate expenditure limit (AEL) for school districts in Fiscal Year 2023, easily avoiding a March 1 deadline to authorize the excess funds. The action in the...

Superintendent Horne Shares Plans for Arizona’s Public Classrooms

Feb 9, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Democrats may have taken over most of the major statewide offices in Arizona in January 2023, but there’s one newly elected Republican officer who’s re-emerged on the scene and is ready to keep his promises to voters. Tom Horne, Arizona’s...

Woke ASU Honors College Faculty Recruited Students To Oppose Conservative Speaker Event

Feb 8, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) Barrett Honors College faculty recruited students to oppose an upcoming event featuring conservative speakers. These educators stand opposed to their colleagues that organized the event, the T.W. Lewis...

NAU Funds $10 Million To Prioritize Indigenous People in Curriculum, Recruitment

Feb 7, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Northern Arizona University (NAU) pledged $10 million to prioritize Indigenous people in their curriculum, or “indigenize” it. The funds will build up the Seven Generations Signature Initiative (7SGI) for the next three years starting this...

House Democrats Attempted To Kill Bill Addressing Teacher Shortage

Feb 4, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | On Tuesday, House Democrats attempted to kill a Republican-introduced bill to address the teacher shortage. The bill, HB2428, would allow private universities and colleges to participate in and receive funding from the Arizona Teachers...

Paradise Valley School Board Member: White Christians Don’t Get a Say in Curriculum

Feb 1, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | The Paradise Valley School (PVUSD) Governing Board President Pro Tem indicated that white Christians shouldn’t determine curriculum. Newly elected PVUSD member Kerry Baker issued the remark over the weekend in response to Arizona Department...

ASU Professor on Dr. Phil: Cultural Appropriation Equal to Racism, White Supremacy

Feb 1, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) professor Neal Lester said that cultural appropriation is equivalent to racism and white supremacy, specifically claiming it lacked humanity. Lester — an English professor at ASU for 26 years...

Arizona Department of Education Purges ‘Woke’ From Its Midst

Jan 31, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is eliminating social-emotional learning and other "woke" initiatives from its administration, with an eye on barring it from schools entirely. ADE Superintendent Tom Horne explained his vision...

TUSD Accused of Trapping Employees in Public Sector Unions

Jan 31, 2023

By Terri Jo Neff | The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) is violating state and federal law by making it too difficult for its employees to leave a labor union, according to a Jan. 18 letter sent to district officials by the Goldwater Institute. Parker...

ASU Puts Urinals Into Women’s Restroom

Jan 29, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) has placed men’s urinals in women’s restrooms. The woman who discovered one of these installations, Rachel Hope, was at ASU’s Art Building. The urinal was located inside one of the enclosed stalls next to a regular...