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Chandler Unified School District Appears to Coordinate With Police to Spy On, Arrest Unmasked Parents, Email Records Show

Nov 12, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Chandler Police Department (CPD) appeared to coordinate with Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) in surveilling and acting against parents that protested masking. The coordination was evident as far back as April, according to emails between...

Scottsdale Unified Board President’s Shared Computer History Raises Questions of Connection to Dossier On Parents

Nov 11, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | More questions of Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg’s involvement in a secret dossier of parents and other political opposition created by his father, Mark Greenburg, have arisen due to a...

Six School Districts Face Loss Of Aid For Noncompliance With Audit Requirements

Nov 11, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Six public school districts across Arizona are not in compliance with audit reporting requirements and face the loss of state education aid in the coming months, according to the Arizona Auditor General. Five noncompliant unified districts were...

Scottsdale Unified Assures Parents Of Privacy In Aftermath Of Secret Dossier Discovery, Parents Call For Greenburg Resignation

Nov 10, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | The Scottsdale Unified School District’s administration is scrambling to do damage control after a group of mothers discovered Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg had access to a Google Drive full of personal information, documents, and...

Maricopa Community Colleges Must Honor Nursing Students’ Religious Exemption For COVID-19 Vaccine

Nov 7, 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....

University of Arizona Ranked Top Ten for Highest Enrollment of Peace Corps Fellows

Nov 3, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | According to the Peace Corps, the University of Arizona (UArizona) ranked sixth in the top ten for institutions offering graduate degree financial aid for returned volunteers. UArizona had a total of 48 students enrolled. UArizona’s ranking was...

Chandler Unified School Board Votes to Leave National School Boards Association

Oct 30, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) became the latest to join the trend of school boards and state associations leaving the National School Boards Association (NSBA). The CUSD Governing Board voted on Wednesday to cease their annual payment...

Peoria Parents File Complaint Against School District for Attempting to Hide Curriculum, Ignore Opt-Out Requests

Oct 21, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The mother and father of a middle school student, Amy and Shawn Souza, filed a statement of allegations against Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) with the Arizona State Board of Education for attempting to hide reportedly politicized...

Woke Elementary Teacher Nominated by Arizona SoS Hobbs for Teaching Activism, and ‘Authentic History’

Oct 20, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona Secretary of State’s office nominated a Phoenix elementary school teacher, Amanda Delphy, for the national John Lewis Youth Leadership Award, due to her classroom activism. Delphy started a “diversity club” at her school and...

Salmon Calls For Arizona School Board Association To Disaffiliate From National Group

Oct 19, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Matt Salmon, a Republican gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Representative for Arizona’s fifth district, asked the Arizona School Board Association (ASBA) to disaffiliate from the National School Board Association (NSBA). His request was...

Arizona’s Three Universities Mandate All Employees Get Vaccinated by December 8

Oct 16, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU), University of Arizona (UArizona), and Northern Arizona University (NAU) will require their employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8. This latest development is due to the Biden...

Inconsistencies with ASU Grad Student That Discriminated Against White Students

Oct 12, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | About two weeks ago, an incident occurred on Arizona State University’s (ASU) Tempe campus in which a group of activist students drove two students out of a study room. The two students happened to be displaying gear that could be construed as...