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In 2023, 65 Arizona Educators Faced Discipline For Sexual Misconduct With Minors

Jan 5, 2024

By Corinne Murdock | 65 Arizona educators and 23 certified in Arizona faced discipline relating to sexual misconduct with minors in 2023. According to Arizona State Board of Education (ASBE) board meetings, 88 educators’ alleged and/or admitted behavior with...

Hobbs Announces Plans To Dismantle ESA Program

Jan 3, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Mere days before the start of the 2024 Arizona legislative session, the state’s Democrat governor is finally telegraphing her primary plan for the months ahead – though her proposal is likely dead on arrival with the Republican-led House and...

ESA Program Saw Significant Growth In 2023

Jan 3, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s historic universal school choice program has seen significant growth in its first full year of operations. Last month, the Executive Director for Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program, John Ward, sent three emails to...

Horne On ESA Report: “Nothing Is Being Withheld”

Jan 2, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | The holiday season didn’t bring holly and jolly to the ongoing feud between Arizona’s Democrat Governor and Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction. In the days leading up to Christmas, Governor Katie Hobbs and Superintendent Tom Horne...

District Fails To Prove It Prepared Students For Technical Careers Despite Spending $1.4 Million

Dec 29, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Another one of Arizona’s 14 career and technical education (CTE) districts can’t prove it effectively prepared students for high-need technical occupations despite spending over $1.4 million. A report issued last week by the Arizona...

Scottsdale Schools Extend Application Deadline For Sex Ed Committee

Dec 28, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) extended its application deadline for a sex ed curriculum committee serving grades 6-9 to about mid-January. The district disclosed that it had received enough applicants to form the Sex Ed/Human Growth...

Tech Manager Indicted For Embezzling Over $124K From Arizona State University

Dec 19, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University’s (ASU) former information technology (IT) manager was indicted for embezzling over $124,000 from the institution over the course of over four years. According to the auditor general, ASU leadership was partially at fault...

Horne’s Task Force Releases Recommendations To Make Arizona Schools Safer

Dec 18, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s schools chief is continuing his quest to make state schools safer. Last week, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne released a number of recommendations from his administration’s task force meant to strengthen school...

Man Behind Attempted Kidnappings And Sexual Assault At University Of Arizona Not Yet Found

Dec 16, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | An unidentified man believed to be behind a string of back-to-back attempted kidnappings and sexual assault at the University of Arizona (UArizona) has yet to be apprehended. So far, three female UArizona students have reported instances...

Horne To Testify At Antisemitism Hearing

Dec 12, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona’s only Jewish statewide elected official, Department of Education Superintendent Tom Horne, will testify on Tuesday morning at a House meeting concerning antisemitism in education. Horne’s testimony will be heard by the House Ad Hoc...

University Of Arizona Reinstates Professors Initially Suspended For Defending Hamas

Dec 9, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | The University of Arizona (UArizona) reinstated two professors last week after they were suspended for defending Hamas to their students. In audio clips published by Israel War Room last month, College of Education professors Rebecca...

Yee’s Stewardship Leads To More Arizonans Saving For Kids’ Education

Dec 8, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | More Arizonans are saving for their children’s education and benefiting from the stewardship of the state’s treasurer. This week, the “X” account for the Arizona Education Savings Plan announced that “under the leadership of Arizona Treasurer...