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Three Republican Legislators Push For Testing Requirements to Access School Choice

Feb 8, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Certain House Republicans have decided to shift from the defensive to the offensive concerning their opposition to school choice as proposed by the rest of their party. Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate and State Representative...

Arizona House Bans Critical Race Theory, Sexually-Explicit Materials From K-12 Schools

Feb 5, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | On Thursday, the Arizona House approved two separate bills cracking down on divisive and adult content in K-12 schools: a bill banning critical race theory from curriculum, HB2112, and a bill outlawing sexually-explicit materials from schools,...

Girl Scouts Troop Leader Advocates for Children’s Gender Identity, Transgenderism

Feb 3, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | It’s not just teachers influencing children on issues like sexuality and gender identity. Kristin Downing, a Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona troop leader in Tucson for over eight years, advocates heavily for gender identity rights for children....

Phoenix Pastor, Former NFL Player Demands Teacher Fired For Deriding School Choice

Jan 31, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Pastor Drew Anderson called for the Arizona Board of Education to revoke the teaching license of controversial elementary school teacher and prominent Red for Ed, Save Our Schools activist Wes Oswald. As AZ Free News reported, Oswald posted a...

ASU President Silent On Controversies Plaguing Campus

Jan 30, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) President Michael Crow faced questioning from State Representative Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) concerning the root of some of the university’s controversies that made national headlines. However, it wasn’t Crow’s...

Tucson Elementary School Teacher, Red For Ed Activist Mocks School Choice

Jan 28, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | Tucson elementary school teacher and prominent Red for Ed activist Wes Oswald derided school choice in a Twitter video posted earlier this week. In addition to teaching the third grade at Manzo Elementary School in the Tucson Unified School...

Trans School Board Member Argued Against Parents’ Rights at Arizona Legislature

Jan 27, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | A transgender woman testifed to the Arizona House Education Committee that he opposed a bill to expand parental rights, HB2161. The Arizona Daily Independent identified the individual as Liberty Elementary School District Governing Board Member...

Arizona Corporation Commission Strikes Down Green Policies Increasing Rates

Jan 26, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) struck down rule changes advancing renewable energy usage that would’ve increased the cost to taxpayers. The energy mandates would have required energy utilities to rely more on renewable energies following...

Pinal County Sheriffs Gifted Seized Equipment to High School Agriculture Students

Jan 26, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) announced Tuesday that they gave equipment seized in an illegal marijuana growing operation to a local high school for their agriculture classes. The seizure occurred in 2017, approximately three years...

State Legislator Opposed to Parental Rights Bill: Parents to Blame, Not Schools

Jan 25, 2022

By Corinne Murdock | In response to the House Education Committee hearing on a bill to enhance parental rights, State Representative Daniel Hernandez (D-Tucson) implied that the fault lied with parents, not with the schools. He said that the legislature should...

Six Of Arizona’s 207 School Districts At Highest Financial Risk

Jan 25, 2022

By Terri Jo Neff | Earlier this month Arizona Auditor General Lindsey Perry published a financial risk analysis of the state’s 207 public school districts, which showed dozens of districts rank at high-risk in one or more of 10 areas of review. But only six districts...

Scottsdale Schools Plan For Unexpected Influx Of Afghan Refugee Students

Jan 23, 2022

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...