EDUCATION
School Social Justice Program Approval Delayed After CEO, Teachers Mocked Parents In Private Facebook Group
By Corinne Murdock | Thursday, the Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) Governing Board delayed its decision on using BLOOM365, a violence prevention program, after parents discovered its CEO mocking them in a private teacher group she administered. Concerned parents...
Casa Grande JROTC Program Jeopardized Following Resignations
By Corinne Murdock | The Casa Grande Union High School District (CGUHSD) is facing critical staffing shortages for its Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) curriculum. A total of three JROTC instructors have resigned since the spring semester...
Attorney General Sues USDA Over Gender Ideology Adherence For School Lunch Funds
By Corinne Murdock | On Tuesday, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for requiring schools to adopt gender ideology practices in order to receive free or reduced lunch funds. About half of Arizona’s children rely on...
New Scottsdale Private School Offers Christian, Parent-Involved Alternative
By Corinne Murdock | In a few short weeks, around 200 children will commit to an education that tends to stand out in this day and age: a "Christian, constitutional, classical" one. These students of the new private school, Tipping Point Academy (TPA), are just...
Public School Spending Surged During COVID But Teacher Pay Didn’t Follow Despite Funding
By Terri Jo Neff | If state lawmakers provided nearly 28 percent more funding to increase the salaries of Arizona’s public school teachers between 2018 and 2021, why did those teachers’ pay only go up 16.5 percent? And how did Arizona’s public schools spend billions...
University of Arizona Refuses to Release Records on Student Bias Complaint System
By Corinne Murdock | The University of Arizona (UArizona) denied a reporter’s public records request concerning complaints received by its bias complaint system for students. The reporter, Christian Schneider with The College Fix, submitted the records...
Federal Judge Dismisses Governor Ducey’s Lawsuit to Keep COVID Funds for Maskless Schools
By Corinne Murdock | Last Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed Governor Doug Ducey’s lawsuit against the Biden administration’s attempt to recoup COVID-19 relief funds given to mask mandate-free K-12 schools. Arizona District Court Judge Steve Logan dismissed for...
Scottsdale Teacher Pushes Radical Sex Theories Not Approved by District
By Corinne Murdock | A Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) psychology teacher instructed high schoolers on controversial, challenged, and, in some cases, debunked claims concerning sexual orientation. According to records obtained by AZ Free News, SUSD...
Mother Battling Teachers Union Lawsuit Over Public Records Advises Arizona Parents
By Corinne Murdock | Nicole Solas, the Rhode Island mother who was sued by the nation’s largest teacher union for requesting public records, offered advice to Arizona parents facing similar transparency battles. As AZ Free News reported last week, Scottsdale Unified...
New School Transparency Organization Launches, Offers Resources for Parents
By Corinne Murdock | The COVID-19 pandemic expedited the political battleground shift to schools, alerting parents to the presence and impact of controversial concepts like Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and leading to the launch of...
Scottsdale School District Publicizing Records Seekers’ Names, Redacting Staff Names
By Corinne Murdock | Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) now posts the names of individuals online who submitted records requests, and redacts staff members’ names in response to requests. SUSD will anonymize its employees’ words and actions, but it will ensure...
Liberty Unified School District Outsources Superintendent Oversight to Staffing Agency
By Corinne Murdock | Last month, Liberty Unified School District (LUSD) outsourced its superintendency oversight to a staffing agency through a “retire/rehire” arrangement. In a divided 3-2 vote, the LUSD governing board allowed their superintendent, Lori Shough, to...
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