Education Prodigy Armando Montero Seeks a Second Term on the Tempe Union High School Governing Board

Armando Montero has come a long way since first winning a seat on the Tempe Union High School Governing Board at the age of 18 a year after graduating high school at Desert Vista in 2019.  A rising star, Mr. Montero, has as a board member including the last two years as its President, helped … Read more

Arizona Democrats react to Trump’s War on the Post Office and Democracy

The Post Office has been in America since before there was the United States. Donald Trump, as fellow writer AZ Blue Meanie has ably recounted in several articles, is at war with it. Why? To stop what he perceives in his Stable Genius mind, a horde of Anti Trump votes coming through mail-in ballots. His … Read more

(UPDATED) Yes, Kayleigh McEnany, the Science should, if necessary, Stand in the Way of Reopening Schools

In perhaps the most moronic comments ever to come from a White House Press Briefing (with the possible exception of Mr. Trump saying people should use disinfectant to combat the Coronavirus,) the White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany repeated the 2016 Popular Vote Loser’s calls to reopen schools, saying at one point “the science should … Read more

(UPDATED) Activist Reaction to Invest in Ed Apparently Surpassing the Ballot Signature Threshold

July 2, 2020, was a great day for Public Education in Arizona. Activists, after a little less than five months, were able to gather a little more than 435,000 voter signatures to get the Invest in Ed 2.0 initiative on the November 3, 2020 ballot. That was about 200,000 more qualifying signatures than were needed … Read more

Arizona School Board Candidates React to the Delay in Reopening Schools

Candidates for school boards in Arizona have offered their perspective on Governor Ducey’s decision, with the surge in COVID 19 cases, to postpone the beginning of in-person instruction until August 17. All of the candidates who replied to a request for comment: Share the same view that the safety of all education stakeholders (children, teachers, … Read more