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ASU Offers Murky Reasons For Canceling Fundraiser For Conservative Program

Jan 19, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) decided to cancel a prominent conservative program’s first annual fundraiser scheduled for next month, and there are conflicting explanations behind their decision. The event was arranged to honor prominent community...

Bill Would Bar Use Of Taxpayer Funds For School Board Association Dues

Jan 18, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | A state senator has introduced a bill to prohibit public school districts from using taxpayer dollars to pay for membership in a state or national school board association. Current state law allows a school district governing board to budget and...

Tucson Schools to Pilot Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum

Jan 15, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) will pilot a social-emotional learning (SEL) supplemental curriculum at 19 schools this coming spring. TUSD will rely on Character Strong’s SEL supplemental curriculum. The following make up the...

State Representative Chavez: Teachers Unions Have Gone Too Far With School Closures

Jan 8, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | After nearly two years of ever-changing pandemic protocols, it appears that some members of the Democratic Party and teachers unions disagree with remote learning as a viable mitigative strategy for COVID-19. State Representative César Chávez...

Newt Gingrich Commended Governor Ducey on School Choice Program to Offset Remote Learning

Jan 7, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Former House Speaker and conservative pundit Newt Gingrich complimented Governor Doug Ducey for his leadership tactics concerning COVID-19 and K-12 schools. The governor announced that families may receive up to $7,000 to receive the education of...

Ducey Takes Preemptive Action To Encourage In-Person Learning For K-12

Jan 4, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | In an effort to reassure students and parents, Gov. Doug Ducey announced Tuesday that he is making up to $7,000 available for families who may face financial or educational barriers due to unexpected school closures. Ducey described his new $10...

Governor Ducey: In-Person Education Will Continue

Jan 4, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | In an apparent response to the push from teachers' unions to revert to remote learning for at least two weeks if not more, Governor Doug Ducey announced Monday that all of Arizona would continue with in-person learning. In a thread, Ducey reminded...

Arizona Teacher Unionists Demand School Closures Over COVID Spike

Jan 3, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona educators have a new resolution to kick off 2022: a return to remote learning and school closures, with the struggle over school funding placed on the backburner temporarily. Teachers unions are calling for schools across Arizona to hold...

ASU Activist Students That Harassed White Male Peers Revile University For Punishing Them

Dec 30, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | At the end of September, three female students took it upon themselves to defend an unofficially-established multicultural center at the Arizona State University (ASU) Tempe campus by segregating those unwelcome in the longtime common room: white...

UArizona Health Director Recommends State ‘Upgrade’ Best Masking Practices

Dec 29, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Those behind and in support of masking requirements who have deemed cloth and medical masks satisfactory these past 22 months are now saying they’re no longer ideal. Instead, experts have begun calling for an “upgrade” of sorts. University of...

Attorney General: Students Have Right to Counsel Under Forced School Quarantines

Dec 22, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona law affords students forced to quarantine by their schools for COVID-19 the right to court-appointed counsel at the expense of the state, according to Attorney General Mark Brnovich. In an opinion issued last Friday, Brnovich responded to...

Masking Lax at Arizona School Boards Association Conference Despite Mandate

Dec 19, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Not all attendees were masked up at the Arizona School Boards Association’s (ASBA) Annual Conference last week, despite having a mask mandate in place. ASBA fought for local school districts to be able to establish mask mandates; they joined a...