(UPDATED) Reopening Arizona Schools to In Person Instruction should be done with Care, Prudence, and Following the Science

As COVID positivity indicators decline in Arizona, the drive to offer more in-person classroom options in traditional and charter public schools has intensified. Please click here to see what districts are planning to do over the next several weeks. While the wish for everything to return to normal for public education is understandable, people should … Read more

(UPDATED) Yes, Kayleigh McEnany, the Science should, if necessary, Stand in the Way of Reopening Schools

In perhaps the most moronic comments ever to come from a White House Press Briefing (with the possible exception of Mr. Trump saying people should use disinfectant to combat the Coronavirus,) the White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany repeated the 2016 Popular Vote Loser’s calls to reopen schools, saying at one point “the science should … Read more

Arizona Reaction to Trump’s Monstrous Pressuring of Governors to Reopen Schools

Everyone wants schools to reopen. Everyone agrees with the goals of the American Academy of Pediatrics which says students fare better with in-person instruction and classroom attendance. Children want to be with their friends in the classroom learning and interacting. Teachers and Principals want to serve the community and fully help children learn and succeed. … Read more

(UPDATED) Activist Reaction to Invest in Ed Apparently Surpassing the Ballot Signature Threshold

July 2, 2020, was a great day for Public Education in Arizona. Activists, after a little less than five months, were able to gather a little more than 435,000 voter signatures to get the Invest in Ed 2.0 initiative on the November 3, 2020 ballot. That was about 200,000 more qualifying signatures than were needed … Read more