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Union-Backed Measure Seeks to Eliminate ESA College Funding Rollover for Arizona Families

April 1, 2026 4:44 pmApril 1, 2026 4:44 pm

Arizona law allows students in the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program to roll over unused funds for college expenses, a provision that could be eliminated under a proposed ballot initiative filed by the Arizona Education Association and Save Our...

Arizona Lawmakers Clash Over ASU China Research Ties

March 31, 2026 11:10 amMarch 31, 2026 11:10 am

An exchange between Republican Rep. John Gillette (R-LD30) and Democratic lawmakers escalated during a recent Arizona House committee hearing after Gillette raised a question about potential research links involving Arizona State University (ASU), China, and COVID-19. The confrontation occurred during...

LAUSD Rocked By Another Massive Corruption Scandal: Two Charged in $22 Million Pay-to-Play Money Laundering Scheme

March 27, 2026 4:12 pmMarch 27, 2026 4:13 pm

In what prosecutors are calling one of the largest money laundering scandals in the history of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), a former technical project manager and the owner of a Texas-based technology company have been charged in...

San Francisco School Board Reverses 12-Year ‘Equity’ Math Experiment

March 26, 2026 1:17 pmMarch 26, 2026 1:24 pm

In a 4-3 vote Tuesday night, the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education finally admitted defeat and reinstated Algebra I as a standard eighth-grade course offering — ending a notorious 12-year DEI experiment that delayed advanced math for...

AG Bonta Sues Trump Admin Over USDA Grant Conditions Enforcing Immigration Law, Biological Reality, and Merit

March 24, 2026 11:29 amMarch 24, 2026 11:35 am

In what has become a ritual of resistance, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday he is co-leading a 21-state coalition in yet another federal lawsuit against the Trump administration—this time targeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s efforts to attach...

Hilton-Romero Propose 3-Year Degrees & Freeze Tuition

March 20, 2026 11:35 amMarch 20, 2026 1:13 pm

Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Hilton and Lt. Gov. Candidate Gloria Romero have proposed a plan to make the California’s public colleges affordable again. Hilton argues that under prolonged Democratic one-party rule, University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges...

AZ Governor Hobbs Caves to Anti-School Choice Lobbyists – Removes ESA Supporter from State Board

March 12, 2026 1:50 pmMarch 12, 2026 1:53 pm

Newly obtained public records published by FOIAzona show that activists opposing Arizona’s school choice program urged Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office to remove State Board of Education member Jenny Clark shortly before the governor’s office discussed plans to replace her. Emails...