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Free K-12 Achievement Tutoring Program Extended By Horne

Oct 21, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced the extension of free services through the Achievement Tutoring Program until the end of the 2024-25 school year. Horne hopes the move will allow a greater number of Arizona...

Pro-Hamas Demonstrators Charged Six Months After ASU Occupation

Oct 15, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has announced that her office has filed misdemeanor trespassing charges against 68 demonstrators who were arrested during a pro-Hamas protest at ASU in April. The demonstrators defied the orders of ASU...

New Report Dashes Claims Of ESA Critics

Oct 14, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | The Common Sense Institute of Arizona (CSI) has released a comprehensive report setting facts versus myths surrounding Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program. According to the CSI, the full eleven page report, “dispels...

Scottsdale Woman Arrested For Fraud Against PTA Now Indicted For Yuma County School Theft

Oct 11, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | A former superintendent secretary with Yuma County's Hyder Elementary School District, Nubia Gonzalez, has been indicted for Theft, Misuse of Public Monies, and Forgery. The indictment comes eight weeks after her arrest in Scottsdale in...

Scottsdale Schools Superintendent Gets $16k Pay Raise Despite Lower Test Scores

Oct 8, 2024

By Staff Reporter | The Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) Governing Board approved a bonus of nearly $16,000 to its superintendent during an August board meeting, despite lower test scores. And during last week's meeting, it approved another performance pay...

Maricopa County Publishes Statements From Candidates For 58 School Board Districts

Oct 3, 2024

By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona voters in the state’s largest county will have the opportunity to hear from candidates for school board positions ahead of the November General Election. Late last month, Maricopa County School Superintendent Steve Watson released a...

ASU Stabbing Raises Questions About Censorship And A Possible Cover Up

Oct 2, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | The brutal stabbing of 19-year-old Mara Daffron by fellow ASU Student Kaci Lenise-Charlie Sloan on September 19th raised questions about censorship and even possibly a coverup after the story languished for eight days before being reported on by...

Thousands Show Up For Turning Point USA Voter Registration Event At ASU

Oct 1, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | A late-September voter registration drive at Arizona State University (ASU) was a resounding success last week, just five days after a tragic stabbing rocked the ASU West Campus in Glendale. At ASU's Memorial Union the "Greeks for Trump" voter...

Arizona Superintendent Backs Lawsuit Challenging Attorney General’s School Choice Restrictions

Sep 29, 2024

By Staff Reporter | Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued a statement of support for a lawsuit challenging Attorney General Kris Mayes’ restrictions on the state’s school choice program. Horne said that he maintains concerns that Mayes will...

Arizona State University Closing Lake Havasu Campus

Sep 26, 2024

By Staff Reporter | The nation’s largest university is balking its years-long trend of growth and expansion with the closure of one of its campuses. Arizona State University (ASU) announced earlier this week that it will close its Lake Havasu campus in the...

Horne: Race And Gender Politics Distract From Academics In Osborn District

Sep 25, 2024

By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued a press release Thursday alerting parents of the Osborn School District that callers to the Arizona Department of Education’s (ADE) Empower Hotline have reported the central Phoenix...

Tucson Teacher To Lose Teaching Certificate After Threats To Shoot Trump Store, Kill Lawmaker

Sep 21, 2024

By Staff Reporter | A former middle school teacher out of Tucson will lose his Arizona teaching certificate several years after threatening to shoot a Trump merchandise store and kill a lawmaker. As the Arizona Daily Independent reported, Donald Glenn Brown sent an...