Follow up to David Gordon’s post, Tom Horne Welcomes the Support of Accused Child Sex Offender David Stringer. One of the worst individuals ever to hold political office in Arizona is Tom Horne, first as Superintendent of Public Instruction and then as Attorney General. This vile racist’s whole shtick was “anti-brown” hysteria, first with his … Read more
For the second time in five years, public school advocates led by Save Our Schools Arizona are working non-stop to prevent an expansive school voucher measure from becoming law. In 2018, Arizona voters, by a close to two to one margin, defeated the extreme Republican attempt to expand access to Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA: school … Read more
Today, the Biden/Harris Administration announced that it was instituting a loan forgiveness program for college students that have up to $10,000 in student loan debt with no Pell Grants and $20,000 with them. Citing the tripling of college costs over the last 30 years has tripled (in Arizona, it has risen more drastically)and the fact … Read more
Update to U.S. Education Dept. ‘Fresh Start’ Initiative To Lift 7.5 Million Student Loan Borrowers Out Of Default. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Biden is erasing $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. He’s going further, canceling an additional $10,000 for those … Read more
After she lost her primary election in 2018 to Frank Riggs (who would fall to defeat to Kathy Hoffman that November,) then Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas called on the State Board of Education to replace the State Education Standards with the Hillsdale Curriculum, a private school program that originated in Michigan. At … Read more