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Let us not suspend academic expectations
If we don’t continue to expect and insist that our students demonstrate significant learning, I don’t believe we can genuinely say that we love them.
Common Core opponents express confidence Ducey will get rid of the standards despite his comments today
Gov. Doug Ducey sought to split the middle in the contentious debate over Common Core, calling on the Arizona Board of Education to review and possibly replace parts of the K-12 education standards, but rejecting their wholesale replacement.
Thursday legislative action on notable bills includes insurance, Clean Elections
Action from yesterday's legislative session included passage of bills blocking the sale of insurance policies under the federal Affordable Care Act in Arizona if they include coverage for abortion; eliminating the current requirement that students pass all three sections of Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards; increasing the penalty for the theft of beer and more.
