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Applications for education board jobs stream in despite latest Douglas warning
State schools chief Diane Douglas is sending a warning of sorts to potential future Board of Education employees: Be aware you could be out of a job.
Ed Board sues schools’ chief over access to teacher files, website
The State Board of Education filed suit as promised today to force Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas to follow its orders.
Douglas takes fight over Education Board staffers to court
State schools chief Diane Douglas filed suit late Friday to force Board of Education staffers to submit to her direct control – and return to her agency’s offices.
Bill to settle Douglas-Ducey Board of Education fight dies
A bill designed to prevent future fights over who controls employees of the state Board of Education died Wednesday in the Arizona House after conservatives revolted against what they saw as a weakening of the state school superintendent's power.
House votes to scrap Common Core academic standards
On a 34-23 margin, the state House voted Wednesday to scrap the Common Core academic standards and essentially force the state Board of Education to start over again from scratch.
Senate votes to preserve Common Core
Common Core appears to be here to stay, at least for the time being.
Board of Education rejects demands on its employees
State schools Superintendent Diane Douglas will once again have to decide between conciliation and conflict after the State Board of Education rejected the conditions she set for two board employees to return to work.
‘Fired’ Board of Education employees allowed back to work
The standoff at the Arizona Department of Education ended quietly as state schools Superintendent Diane Douglas complied with the Board of Education’s deadline for allowing two board employees back to their offices after she attempted to fire them.
Douglas’ first task: Administering state’s new Common Core test
The first task for Diane Douglas, who calls her election to superintendent of public instruction a mandate to end Common Core, will be overseeing the state’s new test for measuring public school students under the learning standards.
Republican schools chiefs endorse Garcia over Douglas
Two former GOP schools chiefs are endorsing Democratic candidate David Garcia for superintendent of public instruction.
Huppenthal joins the ‘barbarians,’ flip-flops on Common Core
Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal has joined the barbarians at the gate.
Huppenthal flip-flopped Tuesday on his position on Common Core, saying he “never” supported the learning standards. His new stance comes just two months after he spoke at an Arizona Capitol Times Morning Scoop forum on K-12 education issues, during which he implored education and business lea[...]
Brewer issues five more vetoes, including death penalty bill
Calling it a serious threat to the state's death penalty, Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed legislation this afternoon that would have allowed more criminals to be executed.
