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Scottsdale Elementary Principal On LGBTQ+ Activist Board Wins Principal Of Year

Jul 8, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | A Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) principal serving on the board of a prominent LGBTQ+ activist group has won principal of the year. Pueblo Elementary School Principal Shelley Hummon won the 2023 National Distinguished Principal (NDP)...

Officials Around Arizona Recognize Youth Stepping Up For Military Service

Jul 3, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction shared a helpful announcement about a new feature for high school students seeking information about careers in the U.S. military. In a release sent last week, the Arizona Department of Education...

Arizona Politicians Split On Student Loan Ruling

Jul 3, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona elected officials found no shortage of material to react to from the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest term. On Friday, the nation’s highest court released its opinion in Biden v. Nebraska, striking down the president’s student loan...

Federal Court Denies Superintendent Horne’s Emergency Petition In Trans Sports Case

Jul 2, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, the Ninth District Circuit Court denied Superintendent Tom Horne’s emergency petition for the relocation of a lawsuit challenging Arizona’s ban on boys in girls’ K-12 sports. Horne filed the emergency petition last month...

Cox Offers $35K In Diversity Scholarships To Minority Students

Jul 1, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Every year, Cox Communications gives tens of thousands to minority students through its diversity scholarships. This year, the broadband, cable, and telecommunications company issued $35,000 to 10 students. Each student received $3,500. Cox...

Arizona Department Of Education Accuses Schools Of Not Teaching English To Migrant Students

Jun 25, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) warned schools that not teaching the English language to migrant students violates state law. In a press release issued Monday, ADE Superintendent Tom Horne further warned that schools...

No Quarter For Wrongthink: ASU Shuts Down Free Speech Center, Fires Faculty

Jun 25, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) has shut down a prominent free speech center and fired several faculty members following the protest of the faculty who opposed its existence. The university decided to shut down the T.W. Lewis Center for...

ASU Advocates For Pornographic LGBTQ+ Books In K-12

Jun 17, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) advocated for keeping pornographic LGBTQ+ books in K-12 classrooms. The university featured commentary from professors on the subject as part of a feature story dedicated to Pride Month issued last...

Biden Administration Picks ASU For New $70 Million Clean Energy Facility

Jun 14, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) will house the next clean energy facility, established by $70 million in federal funding from the Department of Energy (DOE). The facility will be the seventh established Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation...

Horne Finds Parents And Teachers Share “Valid Concerns” On Empower Hotline

Jun 12, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona’s Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction gave an update on the new Empower Hotline from the state’s Department of Education. On Thursday, Superintendent Tom Horne provided an update on the Empower Hotline program and elaborated...

ESA Advocates Respond With Facts To Attacks

Jun 11, 2023

By Daniel Stefanski | Advocates of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) are responding to recent attacks on the program. Last week, Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs launched a political assault on ESAs, reacting to a recent memo from the Arizona Department of...

NAU President Intentionally Admitted More Hispanic Students For More Federal Money

Jun 1, 2023

By Corinne Murdock | Northern Arizona University (NAU) admitted that it purposefully admitted more Hispanic students in order to receive more federal funding. The Department of Education (ED) rewards higher education institutions for having a certain...