In what Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) call the “largest COVID Relief Funding Program of its kind to directly help Arizona Public School Classrooms,” the department has allocated $14 million for teachers across the state to apply for up to $1,000 through Donors Choose, the organization that, … Read more
There is a (no pun intended) school of thought that educational institutions that are performing poorly in the D or F range would do better if outside sources like major charter school chains swooped in (for a large per student fee,) took over the management of the school, and attempted to turn around the poor … Read more
I am not a teacher, I am a mom. I cannot understand what you’re going through, I don’t see your day to day, I don’t carry the weight that you do. Here’s what I do see. This may surprise you because I don’t know if you knew I was watching…. I see you smile at … Read more
Well, it’s back in person at University of Arizona Mall on Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13, despite the ongoing pandemic. Masks will be required indoors. Event runs both days, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This popular book festival cancelled in 2020 and went virtually online in 2021. All info here at www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org. Presenting … Read more
Gov. Doug Ducey sold voters a bill of goods with his Prop. 123 in 2018, promising to raise teacher pay by 20% by the 2020-2021 school year, to end the Red For Ed teacher walkouts. Just last month, Arizona has the lowest wages for teachers in the nation, report finds: Teacher pay in Arizona can’t … Read more