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Governor Ducey Orders Flags At Half-Staff, Announces Plan To Strengthen 9/11 Education In K-12 Schools

Sep 11, 2021

PHOENIX, AZ — Governor Doug Ducey ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff tomorrow, Saturday, September 11, in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 innocent men and women who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Also on...

University of Arizona Ranks High for Most Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Staff

Sep 7, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The University of Arizona (UArizona) ranked high for its number of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) staff compared with 65 other universities. Arizona State University (ASU) ranked toward the bottom. This data was published in a study by The...

Prop 208 Ruling Destroys Narrative That K-12 Education Is Underfunded

Sep 3, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | For over a decade, Arizona Democrats and the education lobby have been beating the same K-12 drum- that our schools are underfunded, spending is at historic lows, and that the legislature refuses to invest more in K-12. And every...

Arizona Standardized Testing Reveals Students Failing In English, Math

Aug 31, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The latest Arizona Department of Education (ADE) statewide assessment results revealed that Arizona students are failing in English and math. ADE published the results Friday, culled from the 2020-2021 versions of AzM2 and MSAA - the two versions...

Scottsdale School Board President – Mask Mandate Imposer – Caught Maskless At Bar

Aug 31, 2021

By Corrinne Murdock | After another long week of defending his decision to impose mask mandates for Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) students, Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg hung out at a bar maskless last Saturday. When asked, Greenburg...

ESA Users’ Personal Information Compromised Again

Aug 31, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Another data breach in two years has Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) holders wondering if their information is secure with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). This past week, it was discovered that the state’s contracted payment...

Scottsdale Teacher’s Homework Assignment Included Political Jab At Governor Ducey

Aug 28, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | A mother recently discovered that her sixth grader’s teacher slipped a politicized jab at Governor Doug Ducey’s opposition to school mask mandates into a homework assignment. Cocopah Middle School Language Arts teacher Susan Mulhern included a...

Ignoring Educational Failure Is A Recipe For Disaster

Aug 27, 2021

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Oregon Governor Kate Brown doesn’t have a reputation as a deep thinker, but her recent attempt to do something “noble” for minority students was especially pathetic. She signed a bill that states “a student may not be required to show...

Litchfield Elementary School District Board Member Resigns Over Frustration With Resistance to Equity Work, COVID Regulations

Aug 26, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | Litchfield Elementary School District (LESD) Governing Board member Dr. Tara Armstead announced her resignation during Tuesday’s special meeting. Armstead’s total time at LESD lasted five months. The only Black board member alluded to her...

Arizona Attorney General: Litchfield School District’s Diversity Empowerment Committee Violated Open Meeting Law

Aug 25, 2021

By Corinne Murdock | The Arizona attorney general’s office found that Litchfield Elementary School District (LESD) violated open meeting law through its Diversity Empowerment Team (DET). In some reporting, social media posts, and even LESD communications and internal...

Arizona Reaches Tentative $26 Billion Opioid Settlement Agreement

Aug 24, 2021

The Arizona Attorney General's Office announced that it has signed on to a tentative historic $26 billion multistate settlement with four pharmaceutical companies for their roles in the opioid crisis. The tentative agreement includes Cardinal, McKesson, and...

Arizona Ranks #4 For Post-COVID19 Job Recovery As Prop 208’s Impact Looms On Horizon

Aug 24, 2021

By Terri Jo Neff | Although Arizona is not yet back to pre-pandemic workforce levels, a recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows the state is headed in the right direction, with more than 21,000 jobs added in July, boosting Arizona to fourth place in...