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ESA Application Deadline Extended Due To High Volume On State Website

Oct 1, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | So many parents were trying to apply for Arizona’s expanded Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) by Friday’s first quarter deadline that the department of education’s website was overwhelmed, leading to a decision to extend the application...

Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Holds School Choice Funds Hostage

Sep 28, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Wednesday, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs chose to stall on the invalidation of a ballot initiative attempting to kill school choice, despite it not having the required number of signatures. School choice advocates gathered outside of the State...

Arizona Teachers Union-Backed Group May Have Fudged Ballot Initiative Numbers to Kill School Choice

Sep 26, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Save Our Schools Arizona (SOSAZ), the teachers union-backed group, claimed to have turned in more signatures than they did for a ballot initiative to end Arizona’s universal school choice. SOSAZ claimed to have just over 141,700 signatures,...

ASU to Host Hackathon ‘For The Social Good’, No Coding Experience Required

Sep 25, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Next month, teams from all over the world will participate in the Arizona State University (ASU) “Hacks for Humanity,” a 3-day hackathon to develop socially beneficial technical solutions — but participants don’t have to have coding knowledge to...

Illegal Immigrant Children Cost Arizona Public Schools Over $748 Million in 2020

Sep 25, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | In 2020, illegal immigrants cost Arizona public schools over $748 million — an economic burden that will likely increase due to the ongoing border crisis. 99 percent of these funds come from Arizona taxpayers’ local and state taxes, not the...

Public School Activist Leader: Arizona Legislators ‘Maga Extremists’ for School Choice Advocacy

Sep 21, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Sunday, Save Our Schools Arizona (SOSAZ) Director Beth Lewis called four Arizona legislators “MAGA extremists,” accusing them of blocking their signature gathering efforts by protesting. “They are all extremist lawmakers who are Trumpers and...

Transgender Activist for Child Transgenderism Launching Private Phoenix High School

Sep 20, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | A Californian transgender woman on the board of an organization focused on normalizing child transgenderism plans to launch a private high school that grants college degrees in Phoenix next year. Ella (née Daniel) Baker, the founder of Pathways...

ASU Launches Hate Speech Surveillance With Biden Administration’s Help

Sep 19, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Last week, Arizona State University (ASU) launched a hate speech surveillance campaign with assistance from the federal government. ASU’s McCain Institute received support from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Targeted Violence...

Majority of Arizona Students Continue to Fail Statewide Testing, Per Latest Report

Sep 14, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The latest Arizona Department of Education (ADE) report reveals that a majority of Arizona students continue to fail the statewide assessment. This year, only 41 percent of students passed the English Language Arts (ELA) portion, while 33 percent...

Gubernatorial Candidate, Private Schooler Hobbs Vows to Undo Universal School Choice

Sep 13, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs, a product of private schools, revealed on Monday that she plans to reverse Arizona’s universal school choice if elected. Hobbs appropriated pro-school choice phrasing to describe her 13-page...

Superintendent Kathy Hoffman Sued Over Adult-Supervised, Secretive Sex Chat Rooms for Minors

Sep 12, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona Department of Education (ADE) Superintendent Kathy Hoffman is facing a lawsuit for advertising links to chat rooms where minors discuss sex and gender with adults present and without parents necessarily knowing. The lawsuit, case number...

University of Arizona Launches East Asia Program

Sep 12, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The University of Arizona (UArizona) announced this week that it would establish a Center for East Asian Studies. East Asia includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. UArizona is the only higher education institution in...