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Important Education Bills Before Arizona Legislature

February 3, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Arizona Parents and Activists please be aware of bills that would return local control over testing and strip power away from your elected superintendent.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: 2016 Bills, Arizona, Diane Douglas, HB 2544, local control in education, SB 1321, SB 1416

Arizona Board of Education Rejects Common Core

October 27, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Monday morning the Arizona Board of Education voted 6 to 2 to reject the Common Core State Standards. They will develop new standards for the state.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Arizona, Arizona Board of Education, Common Core State Standards, Diane Douglas

Arizona State School Chief Blasts Common Core

January 23, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Arizona State Supt. of Public Instruction Diane Douglas blasted the Common Core State Standards and its assessment 2015 Condition of Education Address.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Arizona, Arizona Department of Education, AzMerit, Common Core State Standards, Diane Douglas

A Recall Effort Before Diane Douglas Takes Office?

December 3, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Common Core advocates are starting to organize to recall Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction-Elect Diane Douglas before she even takes office.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anthony Espinoza, Arizona, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Race, Coalition to Recall Diane Douglas PAC, Common Core State Standards, Diane Douglas, Doug MacEachem, Laurie Roberts

Common Core Sees Defeat at the Ballot Box

November 6, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation did a great job highlighting losses for Common Core advocates on Tuesday at National Review.  Here’s a list: It appears that Common Core critic, Diane Douglas, will be elected as Arizona’s Superintendent for Public Instruction. Richard Woods, another Common Core critic, won as Georgia’s Superintendent of Education. Molly Spearman […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standard, Diane Douglas, Jillian Barlow, Karen Nussle, Lindsey Burke, Molly Spearman, Richard Woods

With Huppenthal’s Loss in AZ School Chief Race That Makes Barbarians 3, Educrats 0

August 27, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Diane Douglas beat pro-Common Core incumbent Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal in convincing fashion 57.78% to 41.50% winning over 66,000 more votes according to the Arizona Secretary of State’s office. The barbarians at the gate crashed through evidently. Huppenthal is the third incumbent state school chief to go down in flames over supporting […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Race, Diane Douglas, Glenda Ritz, janet barresi, John Huppenthal, Joy Hofmeister, Tony Bennett

“Barbarians at the Gate” Press On in Arizona

May 14, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal yesterday compared opponents of the Common Core State Standards to “barbarians at the gate.”  He then vowed to fight them to preserve the Gate-funded, top-down, data-less, subpar standards. The Arizona Capitol Times reports: Huppenthal said Arizona cannot allow a repeat in Arizona of what happened in Indiana, which […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Arizona Capitol Times, Common Core, Diane Douglas, John Huppenthal

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