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Public School Education Coalition Asks Legislature to Work with Governor Hobbs to Overcome $4.5 Billion Deficit in K-12 Funding

March 30, 2023March 21, 2023 by David Gordon

A coalition of organizations that support increased funding for Arizona Public Schools has written a letter to Republican leaders in the State Legislature asking them to work with Governor Katie Hobbs and Democrats in a bipartisan fashion to erase the $4.5 billion deficit in K-12 education funding. Coalition Letter AZ’s Classroom Crisis The organizations comprising … Read more

(UPDATED)For MAGA Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature, Banning Books and Helping the Rich is In; Helping Poor Children is Out

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 by David Gordon

As writers on the Blog for Arizona and others in the mainstream media have noted over the years, you can tell a lot of what a person is for by what they propose in their budget and single pieces of legislation. The MAGA reactionary Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature are no exception. Read what … Read more

(UPDATED) Hobbs Vetoes Bill That Would Penalize Teachers; Horne sets up a Hot Line that Would Do Just That

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 by David Gordon

In dueling developments affecting public school instructors, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs used her veto pen to protect teachers from harassment while Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne set up a hotline to do just that. The common denominator: The teaching of accurate history which the right masquerades as conveying critical race theory. Today, Governor Hobbs … Read more

Reaction to Governor Katie Hobbs State of the State Address

January 10, 2023 by David Gordon

Below are some of the many positive reactions to Governor Katie Hobb’s State of the State Address. Arizona House Democratic Leader Andres Cano. “Governor Hobbs’ State of the State speech hit on themes that resonate with the vast majority of Arizonans, as well as our Democratic caucuses — Investing in public education, securing our water … Read more

(UPDATED) Not a Good Beginning for Transparency at Tom Horne’s Department of Education

January 8, 2023January 7, 2023 by David Gordon

Remember when Republicans in Doug Ducey’s office and the Arizona Legislature wanted to take away control and oversight of the Empowerment Scholarship Program (E.S.A,) from Superintendent Kathy Hoffman because she actually believed in reporting who was applying and where the monies were being spent? Well, those fears among the pro-plutocratic and Christian-Nationalist wing of the … Read more

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