It is ironic that it was only about four hours ago (April 19, 2021) that Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said in response to a reporter’s question, that the mask requirement would stay in place for Arizona’s schools at least until summer. It is almost as if Governor Doug Ducey was watching because, … Read more
Citing the need to promote greater mental health and school safety for Arizona students after over a year of being educated mostly through virtual learning at home under the cloud of the Coronavirus, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman, along with state legislators and education stakeholders at the State Capitol, announced the release of … Read more
Earth Day is being celebrated on April 22 this year. The Tucson Children’s Museum is serving as a clearing house of information on what’s happening in our community: https://www.childrensmuseumtucson.org/earthday/virtual/?fbclid=IwAR1krRwbCTHhNhXgUUUMcm-Or4eIUVlAjJGmmOVPxCh2A7CfZ5wPoSojehw Watch an Earth Day video from Mrs. Green, environmental activist on that website. “Who would have believed we’d be sharing another Tucson Earth Day Festival online? … Read more
Here we go again. Fringe reactionaries in the Arizona State Legislature have in essence, as Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman stated, codified state-sanctioned bigotry and scientific-medical ignorance by formalizing, through the passage of the Nancy Barto sponsored SB1456, the option for parents to not enroll or withdraw their children from sex education classes that … Read more
The Coronavirus Pandemic has had a horrible effect on the Grand Canyon State’s education system. An as-yet-undetermined learning gap has probably been created due to factors including: A digital divide that hit the most impoverished Arizona families at the early stages of school closures. Families opting to homeschool their children. The less than ideal but … Read more