Arizona School Superintendent Kathy Hoffman calls for All Arizona Schools to Conduct Distance Learning

With the annual winter break in Arizona schools about to end, Coronavirus levels in the Grand Canyon State still at dangerously high levels, and the rate of vaccinations slower than anticipated, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman has called on Governor Doug Ducey to mandate all schools conduct distance learning for the first two … Read more

Help is on the Way for Rural Arizona: More Broadband

In what will be very helpful for health care patients, students, teachers, and other rural residents in Arizona, the Grand Canyon State will receive close to $200 million in Federal Communications Commission Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I Auction Grants. These monies, according to the office of Arizona Congressional District One House Representative Tom O’Halleran, … Read more

Arizona Public Schools Need More Stabilization Funds than what Ducey Has Provided

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

Governor Ducey does not Announce a Statewide Mask Wearing Mandate at his 11/18/20 Press Briefing

While acknowledging “the end is not on the horizon” with the Coronavirus Pandemic in Arizona, Governor Doug Ducey announced some enhanced COVID 19 mitigation measures at the state’s major airports and schools, but refrained from proclaiming a mask-wearing mandate for the Grand Canyon State. He also condemned death threats against Secretary of State Katie Hobbs … Read more