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Arizona’s Congressional Delegation Urged To Protect Charter School Students
PHOENIX, AZ — Governor Doug Ducey urged Arizona’s Congressional Delegation to oppose federal legislation that will jeopardize critical funding the state’s public charter schools receive and put thousands of students at risk. “I am writing to bring your attention to a...
Investigation Found Internal Controls Failed At Higley School District Due To Superintendent’s Misconduct
By Terri Jo Neff | An investigation by the Arizona Auditor General has led to criminal charges being filed earlier this month against several people involved with the building of two new schools for the Higley Unified School District in Gilbert, including the...
Parents Must Not Drop Their Guard After Scottsdale’s Apology For Inadvertent Inclusion Of Intrusive Questions
By Loretta Hunnicutt | After vigilant parents sounded the alarm about a consent form they were asked to sign electronically that would have asked their children highly personal questions, Scottsdale Unified School District leadership apologized. The District’s...
CRT, 1619 Project Grant Applications Will No Longer Receive Priority Consideration From Dept. Of Education
By Terri Jo Neff | In a partial victory for 20 state attorneys general, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) backtracked on Monday on plans that would have prioritized $5 million in grant funds for American history and civics lessons that focus on the issue of...
State Still Below Average For Residents With Degrees While Universities Award Record Number Of Them
By Terri Jo Neff | Arizona’s three public universities produced more degrees in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 than in any previous year, but the state continues to lag the national average for the number of residents with at least a bachelor’s degree, according...
Teachers’ Unions Are Radicalizing Not Educating
It is well known that America’s schoolchildren are woefully ignorant of their national history and government. Majorities of young adults no longer feel grateful to be an American, undoubtedly because they fail to comprehend the precious freedoms to which they were...
CRT Instruction Is Not New To Arizona Classrooms
By Johanna J. Haver | As a retired Arizona teacher and former member of the National Education Association, I am disgusted regarding the teachers unions’ recent solid support for instruction based on “critical race theory” – a point of view that promotes divisiveness...
Catalina Foothills, Peoria Unified Warned Covid-19 Quarantine Policies Unlawful
On Wednesday, the Governor’s Office notified the superintendents of Peoria Unified School District and Catalina Foothills School District that their policies requiring quarantine for unvaccinated students who have been exposed to COVID-19 are illegal. READ: Our office...
The Real Problem With Critical Race Theory
By Richard K. Vedder,, Amy L. Wax | A growing number of parents of K-12 and high school students throughout the country have rebelled against the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) and “anti-racism” in public and private schools. The reasons for their alarm vary,...
How To Fix Politics In The Classroom? Sunlight.
By the Goldwater Institute | In too many of our nation’s classrooms, children are being taught that everything should be seen through the lens of race—a divisive and damaging worldview that negates the value of the individual. Instead of reading our country’s founding...
AZ Board Of Regents Chair Lauds Higher Ed Budget Bill
By Terri Jo Neff | Chairman Larry E. Penley of the Arizona Board of Regents has high praise for the investment made by Gov. Doug Ducey and the State Legislature in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget passed last week which recognizes the role the state’s three public...
Grants Will Promote K-12 Transportation Innovation While Helping Parents Afford Individualized Options
By Terri Jo Neff | The Fiscal Year 2022 K-12 Education bill signed last week by Gov. Doug Ducey contains several provisions which could vastly change school transportation options for students during the 2021-2022 school year, especially those who live in rural areas...
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