EDUCATION
Phoenix Pastor, Former NFL Player Demands Teacher Fired For Deriding School Choice
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Scottsdale Hotel Sheltering Unsupervised Afghan Refugees, Previously Housed Illegal Immigrants
By Corinne Murdock | The Scottsdale hotel that made headlines last year for sheltering hundreds of illegal immigrants has been repurposed this year for sheltering Afghan refugees. In an email obtained by State Representative Joseph Chaplik (R-Scottsdale), Scottsdale...
ASU Offers Murky Reasons For Canceling Fundraiser For Conservative Program
By Corinne Murdock | Arizona State University (ASU) decided to cancel a prominent conservative program’s first annual fundraiser scheduled for next month, and there are conflicting explanations behind their decision. The event was arranged to honor prominent community...
Bill Would Bar Use Of Taxpayer Funds For School Board Association Dues
By Terri Jo Neff | A state senator has introduced a bill to prohibit public school districts from using taxpayer dollars to pay for membership in a state or national school board association. Current state law allows a school district governing board to budget and...
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