This is a good day for Arizona schools and public health safety in the Grand Canyon state. In a 17-page ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled several state laws unconstitutional, including laws that prohibited mask mandates in schools, took away power from the Secretary of State, banned “critical race theory” in classrooms, … Read more
As English philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote in 1651, life without government is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Don’t let the Republicans control the narrative that government “is bad” or “is the problem.” The argument is bogus. My father used to say that “civilization is the last bubble in a long fermentation.” He was a … Read more
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released an analysis of COVID 19 outbreaks in Maricopa and Pima County Schools at the beginning of the 2021/22 school year. In the accumulated data, the CDC found: “Among the 999 (96.0%) schools included in the analysis, 210 (21.0%) had an early mask requirement, 309 (30.9%) had a late … Read more
Arizona voters have a little over five days (until September 28, 2021) to take action against fringe Republican legislative attempts to: Take away Invest in Ed-Proposition 208 funding from traditional and charter public schools. Institute a flat tax to favor the wealthy and hurt everyone else. Suppress Democracy and the right to vote. Shift power … Read more
Update on Update On State Lawsuits Over Anti-Mask Orders (excerpt): [Background]: Mask mandates, election changes don’t belong in budget bill, lawsuit claims: Mask mandates, changes to how elections are run and limits on how racial issues can be discussed in Arizona classrooms all were stuffed into the state budget in June. Now, a coalition of education and … Read more