In another attack on the nation’s public schools, American Duce wannabe Donald Trump and his Know Nothing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon have (probably illegally) impounded (halted) the Congressionally approved disbursement of five federal education programs totaling $6.2 billion. According to a press release by Save Our Schools Arizona, the federal education programs impacted are: … Read more
Beth Lewis and the team at Save Our Schools Arizona have released a blog post that catalogs what would happen to public education in Arizona and across the United States if Convicted Traitor and Sexual Assaulter Donald Trump manages to come back to the White House and implement the provisions contained in the MAGA-Heritage Foundation … Read more
Rewind to the fall and winter of 1995 and early 1996. Republicans in Congress, led by Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, thought they had the upper hand in budget negotiations with President Bill Clinton. After all, the Republicans recaptured the House after 40 years of leadership exile from that chamber, and … Read more
When his own Empowerment Scholarship Account Director recommended common-sense reforms to the ESA handbook that included greater regulations like increased oversight of potential “luxury items” purchase requests, Arizona Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Horne persuaded the State Board of Education to defer revisions to the handbook until next year to allow for greater community feedback. … Read more
In what is not a surprise to the education and political world, enrollment in the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account Program (ESA) is surpassing the budget projections put forth in the 2023/24 State Budget. As of today (October 10, 2023,), 68,455 students have received an ESA scholarship, averaging $7300, to the private school or home school … Read more