Tag Archives: Education
Allen-Sponsored Bill to Send Another $1.7 Million to Vouchers Advances
Republicans insisted that Senator Sylvia Allen’s bill to expand vouchers wouldn’t cost money. But when the Joint Legislative Budget Committee conducted a fiscal analysis of a bill, it found what was obvious to every honest person — the bill expands enrollment ant thus will cost the state more money. $1.7 million over three years, to […]
Continue readingHope and optimism for Coconino County inmates
The two-part series by Alexandra Wittenberg on The Literacy Center in Flagstaff that has classes for inmates from the Coconino County Detention Center is an outstanding piece of local journalism that sheds light on a wonderful organization (Teaching empathy through literature, 2/10/19, A1). The volunteer tutors at the Center are helping prisoners gain perspective on […]
Continue readingVoucher Expansion Insults Voters’ Will
Yesterday, in the Senate Finance Committee on a strictly partisan vote (6-4), GOP senators approved a bill that expands so-called “Empowerment Scholarships” and a separate bill to strip Superintendent Hoffman of ESA oversight. Barely three months ago voters overwhelmingly rejected Prop 305 — the legislature’s last attempt at ESA expansion — and elected Superintendent Hoffman to lead Arizona’s Education Department and […]
Continue readingKeep the Arizona minimum wage the same for all
Young people ages 18-22 years old deserve the same minimum salary as the workers 23 and older. Whether they are students at NAU or working in other parts of our state, they should receive at least the minimum wage. Recent legislation introduced by Travis Graham from the 12th district is unacceptable (Student wages to be […]
Continue readingStudent debt can’t be solved by cutting wages
A quite crisis has crept across our nation, almost obsequies by its nature.The mounting debt of student loans is as serious as the 2007 housing crisis; except that, instead of losing a home, our college students are losing an opportunity to begin a family and career without being burdened by a lifetime of debt. While […]
Continue readingFlagstaff Education Association Canvass
Still InVESTed canvasses every Sunday for pro-public education candidates: David Garcia (Governor), Wade Carlisle (State Senate), and Bobby Tyler and Felicia French (State House), and issues, including No on Prop 305, and Yes for FUSD Bond and Override. Shift times: 9 am, Noon, 3 pm Contact: James Gravitt at 928-542-1786
Continue readingVote No on Proposition 305
Proposition 305 is a bit confusing so let me try to break it down for you. 1. Basically there are a number of school tax credits and there are also Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs). Both of these, in essence, funnel tax dollars to private schools. Prop 305 is about ESAs. 2. ESA’s started in 2011 […]
Continue readingFlagstaff Education Association Canvass
Still InVESTed canvasses every Sunday for pro-public education candidates: David Garcia (Governor), Wade Carlisle (State Senate), and Bobby Tyler and Felicia French (State House), and issues, including No on Prop 305, and Yes for FUSD Bond and Override. Contact: James Gravitt at 928-542-1786
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