When readers last read about Seth Blattman in 2020, he was running for the State Senate in what was Legislative District (LD) 23. While he did not prevail in that race, the drive to make a better life for children like his five year old nephew and other members of his local community is still … Read more
For Eva Burch, the job of the legislator is to write and support legislation the people want. Legislation like: Affordable housing. Accessible, affordable, high quality health care. Fully funding and providing high quality staff to local public school districts. Protecting and expanding voting rights. The legislator is also supposed to have commitment to: Promoting social … Read more
In what Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) call the “largest COVID Relief Funding Program of its kind to directly help Arizona Public School Classrooms,” the department has allocated $14 million for teachers across the state to apply for up to $1,000 through Donors Choose, the organization that, … Read more
There is a (no pun intended) school of thought that educational institutions that are performing poorly in the D or F range would do better if outside sources like major charter school chains swooped in (for a large per student fee,) took over the management of the school, and attempted to turn around the poor … Read more
I am not a teacher, I am a mom. I cannot understand what you’re going through, I don’t see your day to day, I don’t carry the weight that you do. Here’s what I do see. This may surprise you because I don’t know if you knew I was watching…. I see you smile at … Read more