Education

School Superintendent Kathy Hoffman Continues to Call Attention to the Financial Plight of Public Schools if the Arizona Legislature Does Not Act

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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman is continuing to sound the alert on the budget situation for public schools should the Arizona State Legislature not act soon to remove the spending cap expenditure limit on funding. In a series of social media posts, Superintendent Hoffman has effectively highlighted how certain school districts would suffer … Read more

In Op-Ed Column, Kathy Hoffman Blasts Doug Ducey and Republican Legislators for Not Appreciating Teachers and Doing More to Help Them and Public Schools

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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman did not care for Governor Doug Ducey’s most recent State of the State Address. In an oped column for AZ Central, Superintendent Hoffman, still on maternity leave caring for her newborn daughter, penned an effective on point rebuke of Mr. Ducey’s address to the Arizona State Legislature. Unlike … Read more

Are We Better Off Than We Were Last Year? You Bet!

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By most measures the Biden/Harris Administration has had a successful first year. That does not mean that they accomplished all their goals. They did not. However, after their first year in office, many objective observers can point out that the Biden/Harris Administration has outperformed the mediocrity and embarrassment that was the Trump/Pence team. After the … Read more

David Lujan Discusses The Arizona Center for Economic Progress and Children’s Action Alliance Priorities for 2022

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Increases in Child Care Assistance. Supporting a ballot initiative to remove the expenditure cap on public education funding. Expand access to affordable higher education. Fully fund public schools. Giving comprehensive dental care to all adults through Medicaid. Expand KidsCare and eliminate the three-month waiting period to enroll. Increasing funding for KinCare. Expanding access to SNAP … Read more