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‘Larger Than Normal Number’ of Educators Absent After Paradise Valley School District’s Book Assignment Controversy

Nov 27, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | On Tuesday, a “larger than normal number” of Horizon High School (HHS) staffers were absent following the sudden administrative leave of HHS Principal Linda Inhat amid controversy over her role in the assignment of a contested book laden with...

State Representatives Who Survived Communism to Propose Anti-Communist Civics Education

Nov 23, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State Representatives Quang Nguyen (R-Prescott Valley), a refugee from communist Vietnam, and House Majority Leader Ben Toma (R-Peoria), whose family emigrated from communist Romania, announced their intent to sponsor a bill establishing...

ASU College Republicans United Fundraising For Rittenhouse’s Anticipated Media Lawsuit

Nov 21, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University’s (ASU) College Republicans United (CRU) pledged to donate half of their funds raised to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defamation lawsuit against the media, if one occurs, shortly after Rittenhouse’s acquittal on Friday. Rittenhouse...

ASU Students Face Discipline For Harrassing Peers They Deemed White, Cisgender Males in ‘Their’ Multicultural Space

Nov 20, 2021

By Corinne Murdock |The three young activist students at Arizona State University (ASU) who verbally accosted and harassed two peers for being white, cisgender males in “their” multicultural space may face disciplinary action for violating ASU’s Code of...

Paradise Valley Unified School District Assigned Porn to High School Students

Nov 19, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | A father recently discovered that two English teachers at Paradise Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) assigned a book containing porn and sexually explicit material, “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” by Jon Ronson, as part of an advanced...

ASU Divests Architecture Program of Competitive Edge for Inclusivity

Nov 16, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) announced last month that they redesigned their Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Science in Design (BSD) program to expand admissions for the sake of inclusivity, removing a built-in competitive edge that used...

National School Boards Association Backdated Apology Memo On Its Website to Make It Appear They’d Publicized It Originally

Nov 16, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Around three weeks after privately sending an apology to its members for its controversial letter asking the Biden Administration to investigate parents for domestic terrorism, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) posted their apology...

Maricopa Community Colleges Honors Nursing Students COVID Vaccine Religious Exemptions Following Court Order

Nov 15, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | After a court ruling against them earlier this month, Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) honored the religious exemptions of two students who objected to the use of fetal cell lines to develop, test, and produce the COVID-19...

Greenburg Dossier Latest: Scottsdale Unified May Elect New Board President as Police Investigate

Nov 15, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | According to the special meeting agenda released on Saturday, the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board will consider the election of a new board president in addition to the resignation of their president, Jann-Michael...

Scottsdale Unified Will Meet to Decide If President Must Resign Over Parent Dossier Connection

Nov 14, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board will hold a special meeting on Monday to decide whether Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg must resign over his connection to a secret dossier on parents and other political...

Court: Maricopa Community Colleges Must Honor Nursing Students’ Religious Exemption for COVID-19 Vaccine

Nov 14, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) may not prohibit nursing students with a religious objection to the COVID-19 vaccine from completing clinical rotations due to being unvaccinated, according to the U.S. District Court for Arizona....

Senate Candidate Blake Masters: School System Churns Out Losers

Nov 13, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Senate candidate Blake Masters believes that the modern school system is broken, characterized by “twin tower issues,” he told AZ Free News: teaching “junk” instead of what they need to know. Masters delivered that message in his latest campaign...