stand for children
Posted Aug 27, 2021, 5:59 am
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
Backers of the Invest in Education Act say the voter-approved tax hike on the rich to increase teacher pay and boost school funding has a future, despite last week’s Arizona Supreme Court ruling that the spending plan is likely unconstitutional.... Read more»
Posted Jul 7, 2021, 11:14 am
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
A coalition of public education advocates are mounting a campaign to ask voters to overturn the tax cuts - designed to blunt the effect that Prop 208, which voters approved in November - that were the centerpiece of the budget that Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ducey just approved.... Read more»
Posted Jun 24, 2021, 4:18 pm
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
A coalition of public education advocacy groups looking at ways to stop Republican legislators and Gov. Ducey from undermining a tax increase in the state budget that includes massive tax cuts for the wealthy.... Read more»
Posted Apr 12, 2021, 11:57 am
Lilia Stene
/Cronkite News
Red for Ed, the teachers group that spearheaded Proposition 208 – which increases some taxes to hire teachers and bolster teacher salaries – this week returned to the political battlefield to fight a bill it says undermines the will of Arizona voters in November. E... Read more»
Posted Jun 11, 2013, 5:28 pm
Jonah Edelman & Tyler Whitmire/The Hechinger Report
These days, the battle over public school is more pitched than ever. A veteran journalist told us that, in a 30-year career, he’s never covered an issue that provokes as much disagreement and rancor as education.... Read more»