Above Image: Charles and David Koch, and Leonard Leo. h/t Slate. Christopher Rufo and the right-wing Manhattan Institute for Policy Research have rebranded critical race theory into an appeal to white identity politics. But they are using this new scare word for an ulterior motive. It is the latest attempt by right-wing billionaires to use race … Read more
Beginning with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 (declaring state-sanctioned segregation of the races unconstitutional and ordering desegregation of public schools), the white supremacists have used various scare words to resist desegregation and to unleash an attack on the American public school system. At first they said school desegregation would lead to miscegenation and the … Read more
I remember when I was preparing to become a history teacher and I had to take out student loans and work a second job because there was no compensation for my internship and student teaching experience. That is a situation virtually all Arizona educators struggle with when preparing to enter the classroom. Until perhaps now. … Read more
Electing local candidates or passing propositions like the Minimum Wage increase in Tucson were not the only measures on the 2021 ballot on November 2, 2021, in the Grand Canyon State. Thirty-three public school districts in Arizona asked residents to approve either a budget override or an increase to their coffers to pay for items … Read more
The seven-member Arizona State Supreme Court, which includes five Doug Ducey nominees, took about two hours after hearing oral arguments to deny Republican legislative attempts to enact provisions of budget bills that would have: Denied school districts, cities, and county governments, the right to institute COVID 19 related mask mandates. Taken away power from the … Read more