Our schools need a leader who will prioritize service to our children, schools, and communities — and as state superintendent, that’s precisely what I’ll do. It will take collaboration and legislative support across party lines. However, this election showed that communities across Arizona value public education and there is bipartisan support for pro-public education policies.
Read More »Pay raise puts slight dent in Arizona teacher shortage
Nearly one in four teaching vacancies that school districts had this year remain unfilled four weeks into the academic year.
Read More »20% teacher pay raise made to be permanent 
With Arizona’s 2018-2019 state budget now signed by the governor, I wanted to clearly explain how the 20-percent teacher pay raise was determined, how it will be provided to schools, who will be receiving raises and how much should educators ...
Read More »Wrap up with Steve Yarbrough 
After 16 years as an Arizona state representative, then senator, Senate President Steve Yarbrough is calling it quits.
Read More »Wrap up with Rebecca Rios 
After more than two decades at the Legislature, Minority Leader Rebecca Rios, D-Phoenix, said she thought it was pretty safe to assume how her last session in the House would play out.
Read More »Dan Hargest: The man who clothed ‘Red for Ed’
Dan Hargest started screen-printing T-shirts in his back yard in 1999. Nowadays, he's more well-known as the printer who churned out nearly 25,000 “Red for Ed” shirts in the past two months.
Read More »The Breakdown, Episode 18: The Red (for Ed) wave?
Red for Ed may be over, but it's too soon to tell what consequences - and possibly new elected officials - it will bring to the Capitol over time.
Read More »Why they walked
Arizona teachers went on strike for a shorter period of time, and will end up with higher wages than teachers who walked out before them.
Read More »The Breakdown, Episode 17: That’s a wrap
Another session is in the books, but not without a fuss - or two.
Read More »All in a session’s work: Pay hikes to official dinosaurs 
If the just completed legislative session were a school year, the Class of 2018 would not be making the Honor Roll.
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