State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has filed a lawsuit against Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes for a judicial declaration that all schools must obey a voter passed and protected initiative that English language learners must be taught in English immersion rather than dual language. The initiative, which passed by...
Read MoreRecent questions raised about school policies for the usage of restrooms, locker rooms and shower areas has state schools chief Tom Horne responding to concerns he has received from parents and other interested citizens statewide. Horne stated, “I have been contacted by a number of parents who are outraged by the idea that biological...
Read MoreGoodwill of Central and Northern Arizona has launched The Excel Center in Arizona. The Excel Center is a proven solution to Arizona that will increase salaries, reduce reliance on public assistance, assist in anti-recidivism, and drive economic value to the state and local communities. More than 700,000 adults in Arizona currently do not have a...
Read MoreAttorney General Kris Mayes warned Arizona families to be aware of the rights they give up when leaving the public school system with Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) funds. Families should also watch out for any ESA vendors and schools that may not intend to keep promises about their children’s education. With the universal expansion of...
Read MoreOn Thursday, a federal judge temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ school sports teams. The Tucson judge granted a preliminary injunction to allow processing of a lawsuit filed on behalf of two transgender girls against the state’s “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which was passed by the Legislature...
Read MoreThe Department of Education today will begin notifying more than 804,000 borrowers that they have a total of $39 billion in Federal student loans that will be automatically discharged in the coming weeks. In total, the Biden-Harris Administration has approved more than $116.6 billion in student loan forgiveness for more than 3.4 million borrowers. The forthcoming...
Read MoreFor the sixth year, APS has launched their “Supply My Class” Teacher Awards sweepstake! Through this program, APS will award $500 for school supplies to 500 Title 1 K-12 public and charter school teachers in Arizona. APS is a strong supporter of Arizona’s teachers and wants to help ensure that teachers and students have the...
Read MoreThe nation’s 13-year-olds showed the largest declines ever recorded on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend assessment (LTT) in mathematics, according to results released today by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The average mathematics score for 13-year-olds declined 9 points between the 2019‒20 and 2022‒23 school years, and the...
Read MoreImagine Learning, the largest provider of digital curriculum solutions serving 15 million students in more than half the school districts in the U.S., today announced the results of a new study revealing statically significant associations between math achievement and use of Imagine Math. Imagine Math is a digital program that combines a rich curriculum with...
Read MoreState schools superintendent Tom Horne has directed Arizona Department of Education staff to directly award a total of just over $1.2 million for school safety grants to the Phoenix Union high schools that applied for funds to have on-campus law enforcement officers. The schools are Cesar Chavez, Maryvale, Metro Tech, North, South Mountain and...
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