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Seattle teacher Darrin Hoop wrote an analysis for SocialistWorker.org on how an initially small network of rank-and-file educators built a group that eventually spread across the Grand Canyon State…
KPHO 3TV Phoenix reported that calls into the Department of Child Safety hotline are increasing, as vital community services are getting reduced because of budget cuts.Erica Quintana, a researcher at…
In a guest commentary for CNN.com, Arizona State University President Michael Crow wrote that NAFTA and Mexico have been beneficial to the United States, but that the Trump administration has been…
Nonprofit Quarterly reported that teacher strikes, in West Virginia and Kentucky, to Oklahoma, and now Colorado and Arizona, have educators swarming state capitals to say “enough.” Enough with…
The Arizona Daily Sun published responses to a guest column by Coconino County teacher Chandler Jameson entitled "Teacher forced to strike in a right-to-work state."One wrote: "This walkout has been…
The Camp Verde Bugle published a commentary by Steve Ayers, economic development director for the Town of Camp Verde, in which he asks "Does the Verde Valley have the water certainty we need for…
The Tucson Sentinel reported that Arizona teachers plan to walk out of their classrooms April 26 to protest low salaries and nearly $1 billion cut from K-12 funding in the wake of the Great Recession…
Andrea Whitsett has been named director of Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. She has served as interim director since August."After a national search, Andrea emerged…
The Tucson Weekly reported that every Wednesday morning, educators across the state have been holding morning rallies, or “walk ins,” outside their schools. The Red for Ed movement, which began in…
Teacher pay: It’s a topic dominating news cycles across the country, especially in Arizona. Our Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University conducted independent research in May…
Arizona Capitol Times reported that Gov. Doug Ducey won’t meet with the leaders of two teacher groups to talk about salaries and related issues even as they are taking the first steps toward a…