Lots of citizens have filed statements of interest to run for various School Governing Boards in Pima County. Here’s the current list from the Pima County School Superintendent’s website: 2022 Statement of Interests – Pima County Schools – Tucson, AZ UPDATE: Filing period from June 11 to July 11, 2022 and some candidates have already … Read more
Sunnyside School Board President Consuelo Hernandez comes from a family of dedicated public servants. Her sister Alma and her brother Daniel are currently members of the Arizona State House of Representatives. Mr. Hernandez is also running for Congress. A college graduate with a Bachelors in Global Health from Arizona State University and an MLS with … Read more
The benefits of high quality and free Universal Pre-K where every child across Arizona and the country starts to attend school at age four have been evident for some time. Studies from the Brookings Institute on the effectiveness of Head Start programs since its creation in the 1960’s and the National Bureau of Economic Research … Read more
In what Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) call the “largest COVID Relief Funding Program of its kind to directly help Arizona Public School Classrooms,” the department has allocated $14 million for teachers across the state to apply for up to $1,000 through Donors Choose, the organization that, … Read more
Minority-owned TV networks have had to claw and scrape for years to earn a place in cable and satellite channel lineups. And even after breaking through these barriers, diverse creators and programmers still face existential fights against Big Tech strip-miners – aided and abetted, in some cases, by captured government agencies – eager to steal … Read more