It is time to stop shortchanging the Children of Arizona. It is time they were able to attend full-day kindergarten no matter what zip code they live in. It is time they were no longer crammed into larger classrooms. It is time they all had highly qualified and well-paid teachers in every class. It is … Read more
Save Our Schools Arizona did it. With about an extra 23,000 signatures, the organization and their pro-public education allies submitted 141, 714 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office to halt the Ducey-Republican universal voucher empowerment scholarship account law from going into effect. It should be noted, that per the Arizona Department of Education, 76 … Read more
Moderate Democrat Jennifer Pawlik has positively distinguished herself as a member of the Arizona State Legislature as a pragmatic problem solver. In her close to four years, the Chandler educator has continuously promoted legislation to move Arizona forward and lift people up, including: Fully funding public education. Working to solve the water crisis and protecting … Read more
On the day Governor Doug Ducey, to great cheers, signed the bipartisan water legislation, he ruined the kumbaya moment by vetoing another bipartisan piece of legislation: HB2685 which would have authorized voters to choose whether to approve a half cent sales tax extension of Proposition 400 that would have funded close to $40 billion in … Read more
The reaction to the bipartisan budget deal among Democratic and social justice activist groups has been generally positive, especially with regards to the major investments in K-12 and Higher Education. However, some of the reactions contain a justifiable level of concern to future fiscal budgets and the complications for future education funding created by Republican … Read more