Student enrollment in Arizona public schools appears to be rising after the COVID 19 wreaked havoc on the Grand Canyon state’s education system last year. Unfortunately, the teacher shortage that has plagued Arizona education these last several years, has not dramatically changed course over the same time period. Kindergarten sees the largest increase from last … Read more
Arizona public schools will receive another $862 million in American Rescue Plan funding after the Department of Education approved the Grand Canyon Education Department’s Arizona’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan. The goals of these funds are to assist schools in: Safely reopening and adopting mitigation measures to fully … Read more
By Kathy Hoffman, AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction and candidate for reelection Before the start of the school year, I was optimistic about what the new academic year would look like for our students and educators. As more Arizonans became vaccinated, I started to see the light at the end of the tunnel and a … Read more
Remember when Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and his allies on the extreme right thought it would be a good idea to give federal COVID relief funds, in the form of grants, to schools who chose not to adopt Coronavirus mask or vaccine mandates? The federal government did. Today, (October 5, 2021,) the United States Treasury … Read more
This is a good day for Arizona schools and public health safety in the Grand Canyon state. In a 17-page ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled several state laws unconstitutional, including laws that prohibited mask mandates in schools, took away power from the Secretary of State, banned “critical race theory” in classrooms, … Read more