While Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman was coming before the Senate Education Committee to tell them it was vital to suspend and/or repeal the State Expenditure Spending Cap on traditional public schools, State House Speaker Russell Bowers was telling Sunday Square Off’s Brahm Resnik that school districts have no reason to worry about … Read more
“You have a handful of working days to prevent students and families from waking up to the consequences of political indifference – and failing to act will harm students and families. The money is already in district bank accounts. You are not adding new money or raising taxes – just letting them spend all the … Read more
There is, as EJ Montini headlined in an oped yesterday (August 19, 2021,) an Arizona Republican war on children. This is in addition to their separate wars on science, reality, economic sanity, and Democracy. Over the last several months, their operatives in the Legislature, the Governor’s office, and the Arizona Supreme Court have: Opted to … Read more
With the horrific revelations of mass graves of children at two Indigenous Residential Schools in British Colombia and Saskatchewan over the last several months, United States Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative on June 22, 2021. While there is no historical doubt about the poor conditions, attempts at mass indoctrination, … Read more
After announcing a new tracking tool where people can access to ascertain what instructional delivery model school districts and charter schools are currently adopting during the pandemic (please click here to access,) Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman renewed her call for greater action from Governor Ducey and the State Legislature to combat COVID … Read more