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Superintendent Hoffman and Legislative District Seven Legislators find a grand compromise on ESA students attending school in New Mexico

August 27, 2020May 23, 2019 by David Gordon

Earlier in the week, it was reported by multiple sources that Navajo students in Window Rock, spurred on by the right-wing pro voucher Education group called the American Federation for Children, used the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) they qualified for to enroll in a private school (Hilltop Christian School) two miles inside New Mexico. This … Read more

Save our Schools helps stop ESA expansion and advocates for full funding of Public Schools

August 27, 2020May 10, 2019 by David Gordon

At the beginning of the Arizona State Legislative session, the primary goal of the organization Save Our Schools (SOS) was to thwart the attempts of the Reactionary Republican legislators to expand Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA’s) after voters rejected that idea by voting down Proposition 305 in November 2018. Their efforts, with the assistance of others … Read more