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Arizona Ranks #4 For Post-COVID19 Job Recovery As Prop 208’s Impact Looms On Horizon
By Terri Jo Neff | Although Arizona is not yet back to pre-pandemic workforce levels, a recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows the state is headed in the right direction, with more than 21,000 jobs added in July, boosting Arizona to fourth place in...
Union Withdraws Attempt To Obstruct Rhode Island Mom’s Access To Public Records
The National Education Association’s state affiliate tried to harass and intimidate Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas into silence just for trying to find out what her daughter would be taught in kindergarten by filing a legally baseless lawsuit against her. The union...
Ducey And Bowers Welcome The Afghan Refugees After The Biden Administration Created Them
By Terri Jo Neff | Thursday’s announcement by Gov. Doug Ducey and House Speaker Rusty Bowers that Arizona “wholeheartedly welcomes our share of the refugees” fleeing the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is shining a light on a little known state program that provides...
Arizona Attorney General Issues Opinion On COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements For Government And Business
The Attorney General's Office issued a legal opinion sought by Arizona State Rep. Kelly Townsend regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees, patrons of businesses, and airline passengers under existing state and federal laws. The 40-page Opinion finds that due...
Flagstaff Charter School Board President Resigns After Calling Maskless Students ‘Worst of Humanity’
By Corinne Murdock | The governing board president of Flagstaff charter school Northern Preparatory Academy (NPA), Cristy Schaefer Zeller, resigned Thursday evening after calling parents and students opposed to mask mandates “the worst of humanity who can’t STFU [shut...
Two Arizona School Districts Decline to Jump on Mask Mandate Bandwagon
By Corinne Murdock | Both Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) and Tanque Verde Unified School District (TVUSD) declined to join the growing list of schools reinstating a mask mandate. For now, masks will remain optional at both districts. During special...
Program Offering Low-Income Families Up to $7k for K-12 School Choice Over COVID Measures Begins
By Corinne Murdock | Governor Doug Ducey’s program offering up to $7,000 in grants for low-income K-12 parents wanting to relocate their students due to their current school’s COVID-19 protocols began Friday. Eligible families have a total household income at or below...
AZ Supreme Court Rules Prop 208 Unconstitutional For Lack of Spending Cap, Remands To Lower Court
By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Proposition 208 (Prop 208), the voter-approved increase on income taxes to fund public education, was unconstitutional and remanded to lower court. If that trial court determines that Prop 208...
Ducey Signs Bill To Strengthen Holocaust Education In K-12 Schools
On Thursday, Holocaust survivors, students, lawmakers and educators joined Governor Doug Ducey as he signed legislation strengthening instruction about the Holocaust and other genocides in Arizona’s schools. House Bill 2241, sponsored by Rep. Alma Hernandez, requires...
Governor Ducey’s $65 Million for Learning Programs Funds Social-Emotional Learning
By Corinne Murdock | Some of Governor Doug Ducey’s $65 million for learning programs announced Tuesday will fund a controversial educational method: $1.6 million for social-emotional learning (SEL). SEL grapples with emotionally-charged social issues, such as murder...
Ducey Announces $10M In K-12 Grants To Empower Individual Choice
By Terri Jo Neff | Starting this Friday, low-income families with K-12 students will be able to apply online for up to $7,000 in immediate relief to support educational opportunities which will close the achievement gap and better equip underserved students. Gov. Doug...
Teenager, Parents Arrested for Trespassing After Violating School’s Quarantine
By Corinne Murdock | Last Friday, a teenage student and her parents were arrested for trespassing as they advocated for her education. The family was attempting to negotiate their daughter’s forced quarantine with the school principal. According to the parents, Damien...
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