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Scottsdale Schools Plan For Unexpected Influx Of Afghan Refugee Students
By Terri Jo Neff | Nearly 300 Afghan refugees are being relocated to a former hotel in Scottsdale after being housed at various military installations, resulting in the mobilization of a Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) team “to plan for providing educational...
Scottsdale Hotel Sheltering Unsupervised Afghan Refugees, Previously Housed Illegal Immigrants
By Corinne Murdock | The Scottsdale hotel that made headlines last year for sheltering hundreds of illegal immigrants has been repurposed this year for sheltering Afghan refugees. In an email obtained by State Representative Joseph Chaplik (R-Scottsdale), Scottsdale...
ASU Offers Murky Reasons For Canceling Fundraiser For Conservative Program
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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