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diversity, inclusion, Scottsdale Unified School District, school board, White Nationalist
Apr 21, 2023

Some issues must be repeated again and again

Might I suggest to those of you who do not like public school education or refuse to respect teachers and administrators who have spent years learning their trade, IMMEDIATELY take your child out of the public school system, and homeschool or send them to a private or charter school.

jail, ballot harvesting, Guillermina Fuentes, sentencing, elections, school board
Oct 13, 2022

Arizona woman gets 30 days in jail for collecting 4 ballots

A southwestern Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to illegally collecting four early voting ballots in the 2020 primary election was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years’ probation on Thursday, with the judge rejecting her plea for just probation and saying he did not think she accepts responsibility for her criminal act.

education, funding, K-12, Bolding, Bowers, Fann, Kathy Hoffman, Arizona Association of School Business Officials, Ducey, constitutional spending limit, budget cuts, Ducey, AEL, Bowie, Lake, Hobbs, Democrats, Republicans, legislature, November election
Mar 3, 2022

Parents complain about ESA payment issues

The Arizona State Board of Education tabled accepting a quarterly report from the Empowerment Scholarship Account program on February 28 after parents submitted 49 pages of comments and spoke at... […]

Dec 9, 2013

School freeze – Educators push for delay in test repercussions

Arizona public schools would get a one-year freeze on consequences from a new high-stakes learning test under legislation the state Department of Education plans to offer during the next session.

Nov 12, 2013

Empowerment Scholarship Account program generates controversy

Max Ashton is a senior at Brophy College Preparatory with a 4.0 grade point average. He is also blind.

Aug 30, 2013

The Drama of Common Core

New set of school standards searches for success

Topock, an Arizona town on the far western edge of the state, doesn’t even have a stoplight. But its school district has scrambled to prepare for the new standards and get the Internet capacity and computers necessary for the 2015 debut of the accompanying test.

Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic – retention? Third-graders face new reading standards
Jul 24, 2013

Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic – retention? Third-graders face new reading standards

Arizona children entering third grade this year are the first who will have to prove that they can read at an acceptable level or face being held back.

Apr 30, 2013

Brewer signs bill creating new teacher evaluations

Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill that makes it easier to fire some low-performing teachers.

Feb 1, 2013

National group calls education reform bill anti-science

A recently introduced Senate bill seeks to include in K-12 science courses discussion on the controversial issues of evolution, global warming and cloning, but the National Center for Science Education calls the measure anti-science legislation.

Expert calls for Arizona to support ailing schools rather than opting for school choice
Dec 12, 2012

Expert calls for Arizona to support ailing schools rather than opting for school choice

An Arizona State University professor said Wednesday it is time for the state to curtail its preference for school choice policy and find a way to help parents who choose to stay at failing schools rather than encouraging them to leave.

Rep. Eric Meyer of Paradise Valley (left) visits with his District 11 seatmate, GOP Rep. Adam Driggs during a break on the House floor Aug. 9, 2010. (File photo)
Nov 6, 2012

Meyer trying to single-shot to victory

Democratic Rep. Eric Meyer and Republican Rep. Amanda Reeve are virtually tied in LD28, a Republican-leaning district which covers parts of central Phoenix, all of Paradise Valley, and a slice of Scottsdale.

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