The Governor and Arizona State Legislature should be: Spending education dollars on helping traditional and charter public schools bring all of their ventilation systems up to standards that could help combat the spread of the Coronavirus. Funding an increase of the staff of the Arizona School Facilities Board so proper inspections can be made of … Read more
Yesterday (February 9, 2021), Arizona Superior Court Judge John Hannah issued a blistering ruling against the opponents of Invest in Ed-Proposition 208 who had sought to prevent its taking effect. This is a great victory for children and public education in the Grand Canyon State. Please click here to read fellow blogger Larry Bodine’s account … Read more
Here they go again. Like monsters from B Movie franchises that never die ( like Jason, Freddy Kruger, and Candy Man) School Voucher measures are brought back to life year after year by Republican Legislators in the Arizona State Legislature. The latest incarnation of voucher expansion is Senate Education Committee Chairperson Paul Boyer’s Senate Bill … Read more
Lower than projected student enrollment figures have caused some of Arizona’s traditional and charter public schools to lose greater revenues than anticipated during the summer. During the summer, Arizona and other states received CARES act funding designed to go to aid public schools. Governor Doug Ducey and his team said that schools and districts could … Read more
The journey and quest to help bring Arizona Public Education into the Twenty-First Century is nearing the end of its current chapter. After waiting for a little over two years, the champions for greater funding in Public Education seem to have emerged victorious with the voter approval of Proposition 208-Invest in Ed on November 3, … Read more