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No Arizona Schools Tested Their Emergency Plans Or Met State Minimum Standards
By Staff Reporter | None of Arizona’s schools have fully implemented and tested their emergency plans, nor did they fully meet the state’s minimum standards. The Arizona Auditor General published a new report on Monday finding that no schools throughout the...
Arizona Grows Education Savings Accounts To Over 47K
By Staff Reporter | Arizona grew the number of Education Savings Plan (or “AZ529”) accounts to nearly 47,600 over the last four years. Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee reported that assets of those accounts increased nearly 50 percent to $2.4 billion within the...
Rep. Gress Introduces First Bill Of Legislative Session
By Daniel Stefanski | The first piece of legislation in the Arizona House of Representatives for the upcoming 57th Regular Session was introduced by a soon-to-be second-term Republican lawmaker. Last week, state Representative Matthew Gress announced that he had...
Arizona Department Of Health Calls For Removal Of Guns From Family Homes
By Staff Reporter | The Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDHS) called for the removal of guns from all homes with children. AZDHS made the recommendation for family homes to have their firearms removed in their latest Arizona Child Fatality Review Program...
Arizona Indicts Two Utah Residents For School Choice Fraud Of $110,000
By Staff Reporter | Two Utah residents have been indicted for defrauding Arizona’s school choice program. The alleged culprits, Johnny Lee Bowers and Ashley Meredith Hewitt (aka “Ashley Hopkins”), were indicted for the theft of about $110,000 from December 2022...
ASU President Critical Of Department Of Education Amid Talks Of Its Dissolution
By Staff Reporter | Arizona State University (ASU) President Michael Crow may not be in outright support of President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Department of Education (ED), but he does seem to favor the idea of reform at the very least. In...
National Education Association Promotes Gender Transition Guide For Children Following Election
By Staff Reporter | The National Education Association (NEA), a teachers' union and the nation’s largest labor union, has continued its promotion of gender transitions for children. NEA posted the guide by Advocates for Youth on Transgender Day of Remembrance last...
Tolleson Union High School District Busted For ‘Taxpayer-Funded Vacation At A Four-Star Resort’
By Matthew Holloway | The Goldwater Institute released a report on Tuesday detailing the shocking expenditures of the Tolleson Union High School District (TUHSD). According to the report, the district has blown a total of $76,969 “on what amounted to luxury vacations...
Chandler High School Alum Joins Lawsuit Over Biological Male Volleyball Player
By Matthew Holloway | A Chandler High School alum and co-captain of Utah State University women’s volleyball team, Kaylie Ray, has reportedly joined a lawsuit with others players from the University of Wyoming, San Jose State University (SJSU), the University of...
ASU Professor: University Canceled Its Only Course On Christianity For The Spring Of 2025
By Matthew Holloway | Dr. Owen Anderson of Arizona State University (ASU) reported earlier this week that an examination of the ASU course catalog for the Spring 2025 semester shows that the school does not offer any classes on Christianity. Although the website...
Scottsdale School District Stops Using X, Cites Lack Of Family-Friendly Environment
By Staff Reporter | Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) will no longer be using X to stay engaged with the community, with the given reason being a lack of a “family-friendly” environment. SUSD made the announcement last week, also alluding to board policy...
Federal Court Rules Government Unlawfully Denied GCU Nonprofit Status
By Staff Reporter | The federal government unlawfully denied Grand Canyon University (GCU) its nonprofit status, per a new federal court ruling. Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Grand Canyon University v. Miguel Cardona that the U.S....
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