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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...

Arizona Department of Education Advertised 1619 Project Teacher Grants

Oct 9, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | In March, the Arizona Department of Education’s (ADE) Social Studies newsletter advertised grant funds for teachers who would implement the 1619 Project. The Pulitzer Center offered a $5,000 grant to 40 educators; applications were due in March....

Governor Ducey Spurns Biden Administration’s Threat for Funding Mask-Free Schools

Oct 6, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Governor Doug Ducey refused to heed the Biden Administration’s warning that two of his programs rewarding mask-free schooling couldn’t be using federal COVID-19 relief funds. Almost immediately after receiving the Department of Treasury’s (USDT)...

Arizona Parents Spurn FBI Investigating Pushback, Protests Against School Boards

Oct 6, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Arizona parents promptly pushed back against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement Monday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Attorney’s Offices would investigate the trend of protests against school boards and other...

Arizona’s 10-Year Anniversary Of Education Savings Accounts

Oct 2, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | 2021 marks the ten-year anniversary of education savings accounts (ESAs) in Arizona. The state’s ESA policy, formally known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, was established in 2011. As of this year, nearly a quarter of Arizona children are...

Court Strikes Down Bans on Masks, Testing, Vaccine Mandates; Critical Race Theory; and Vaccine Passports

Sep 28, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | On Monday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled that many laws passed within the recent budget were unconstitutional. Cooper stated that the legislation violated the single subject rule of the Arizona Constitution. The case,...

Arizona School Boards Association Maskless At Conference While Suing For K-12 Mask Mandates

Sep 24, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) wasn’t strict with their mask mandate at a legal conference last week, despite their ongoing lawsuit against the state over its school mask mandate ban. Several days after the conference, ASBA pushed...