Arizona’s education funding system looks a lot like a shortened game of Monopoly. In Monopoly, the player who acquires the most valuable properties gains an advantage that compounds over time. In a shortened version of the game, the properties are dealt at the beginning, and some players simply get a better hand. Arizona’s school districts … Read more
Well, there was one line of truth in all the lies Donald Trump has said since he went down that escalator to announce his candidacy for the Presidency. The man who bankrupted a casino is “The King of Debt.” Under the leadership of tax cut, increasing defense spending, poorly administered military ventures, pandemic mismanagement, tariff … Read more
Well, it is not quite the Trump and MAGA Republican fecal matter that Haitians are eating the dogs in Ohio, but Arizona Treasurer and Republican Superintendent of Public Education Nominee Kimberly Yee is making a good faith effort to emulate that to appease the MAGA base at campaign events with remarks that school board members … Read more
If we had a better legislature, we wouldn’t need to work so hard to get citizen initiatives on the ballot. But here we are. And now another one of these representing a critical reform has failed to get enough signatures that the courts rule to be valid. On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that … Read more
