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Arizona’s 10-Year Anniversary Of Education Savings Accounts
By Corinne Murdock | 2021 marks the ten-year anniversary of education savings accounts (ESAs) in Arizona. The state’s ESA policy, formally known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, was established in 2011. As of this year, nearly a quarter of Arizona children are...
Court Strikes Down Bans on Masks, Testing, Vaccine Mandates; Critical Race Theory; and Vaccine Passports
By Corinne Murdock | On Monday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled that many laws passed within the recent budget were unconstitutional. Cooper stated that the legislation violated the single subject rule of the Arizona Constitution. The case,...
Arizona School Boards Association Maskless At Conference While Suing For K-12 Mask Mandates
By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) wasn’t strict with their mask mandate at a legal conference last week, despite their ongoing lawsuit against the state over its school mask mandate ban. Several days after the conference, ASBA pushed...
Governor Ducey Orders Flags At Half-Staff, Announces Plan To Strengthen 9/11 Education In K-12 Schools
PHOENIX, AZ — Governor Doug Ducey ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff tomorrow, Saturday, September 11, in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 innocent men and women who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Also on...
University of Arizona Ranks High for Most Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Staff
By Corinne Murdock | The University of Arizona (UArizona) ranked high for its number of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) staff compared with 65 other universities. Arizona State University (ASU) ranked toward the bottom. This data was published in a study by The...
Prop 208 Ruling Destroys Narrative That K-12 Education Is Underfunded
By the Free Enterprise Club | For over a decade, Arizona Democrats and the education lobby have been beating the same K-12 drum- that our schools are underfunded, spending is at historic lows, and that the legislature refuses to invest more in K-12. And every...
Arizona Standardized Testing Reveals Students Failing In English, Math
By Corinne Murdock | The latest Arizona Department of Education (ADE) statewide assessment results revealed that Arizona students are failing in English and math. ADE published the results Friday, culled from the 2020-2021 versions of AzM2 and MSAA - the two versions...
Scottsdale School Board President – Mask Mandate Imposer – Caught Maskless At Bar
By Corrinne Murdock | After another long week of defending his decision to impose mask mandates for Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) students, Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg hung out at a bar maskless last Saturday. When asked, Greenburg...
ESA Users’ Personal Information Compromised Again
By Corinne Murdock | Another data breach in two years has Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) holders wondering if their information is secure with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). This past week, it was discovered that the state’s contracted payment...
Scottsdale Teacher’s Homework Assignment Included Political Jab At Governor Ducey
By Corinne Murdock | A mother recently discovered that her sixth grader’s teacher slipped a politicized jab at Governor Doug Ducey’s opposition to school mask mandates into a homework assignment. Cocopah Middle School Language Arts teacher Susan Mulhern included a...
Ignoring Educational Failure Is A Recipe For Disaster
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Oregon Governor Kate Brown doesn’t have a reputation as a deep thinker, but her recent attempt to do something “noble” for minority students was especially pathetic. She signed a bill that states “a student may not be required to show...
Litchfield Elementary School District Board Member Resigns Over Frustration With Resistance to Equity Work, COVID Regulations
By Corinne Murdock | Litchfield Elementary School District (LESD) Governing Board member Dr. Tara Armstead announced her resignation during Tuesday’s special meeting. Armstead’s total time at LESD lasted five months. The only Black board member alluded to her...
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