Improving Educational Outcomes is Not the Point of Vouchers. In 2017, I wrote a post on RestoreReason.com titled “Vouchers: Some Common Sense Questions” that supported this fact. I’ve included some of the original post below. My updated comments, now six years later are included in italics below. Just for a few moments, I’d like to … Read more
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, like most politicians, needs an antagonist to rail against. Even if, as in the cases of most political figures on the right (especially the MAGA extreme vintage) have to make them up. That is the apparent case with Mr. Horne who made going after Critical Race Theory (CRT) … Read more
In her first 100 days in office, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has had two roles as the Grand Canyon State’s New Chief Executive. First, she is charting a new center-left people-first course for the state away from the right-wing plutocratic and narrow cultural conservative priorities of the Ducey tenure. Arizonans can see that in her … Read more
The GOP has really outdone itself again, breaking the law without any fear of consequences. Heh, tell me something I don’t know, right? This time? The Pinal County Republican Committee LLC made illegal campaign contributions to several nonpartisan school board candidates in Arizona. My goodness! Isn’t the GOP and its offshoots gifted at devising these devilish … Read more
The GOP loves to tout free enterprise But they sure don’t have a problem diverting public education funding to private schools. As reported in the AZ Daily Star this morning, Rep. Matt Gress, R-Phoenix, is pushing a bill to once again divert taxpayer dollars to private schools. This time, the goal is to provide scholarships … Read more