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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy AED The most recent Fiscal Year ended with more than a $4 million surplus Contributed Article/Courtesy AED PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne says the myth that …
State education funding comes in under budget, demolishes ESA budget myth Read More
TweetPinShareLegislation approved last year fell to the Governor’s veto Contributed Article/Courtesy ADE PHOENIX – Citing the need for teachers to be able to fully manage their classroom with minimal distractions, …
Horne announces renewed effort to have statewide school cell phone ban Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Arizona Schools Superintendent Tom Horne poses with three grandmothers concerned over the rules change to Title IX guidelines. Social media post reveals the stance Contributed Article/Courtesy ADE PHOENIX …
Horne blasts “Save Our Schools” leader for supporting biological boys using girls’ locker rooms and showers Read More
TweetPinShareContributed File Photo: Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne wants to supply schools with the anti-opiate drug Narcan. “It is vitally important that all schools have Narcan available to …
Narcan in schools? Horne sets up Fentanyl crisis task force Read More
TweetPinShareFile photo by Kelly Richmond/Cronkite News: The overall number of schools that earned a grade of F on the state’s report card for school performance fell from 49 in 2019 …
The number of failing schools fell; alternative schools headed the other way Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Arizona Department of Education Contributed Article PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne is unveiling a new program that will make it possible for every available campus law …
Horne program brings in off-duty officers to schools in 11 counties Read More
TweetPinShareEvo A. Deconcini Courthouse in Tucson. A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Thursday against the Save Women’s Sports Act in favor of two transgender girl plaintiffs. By Jon Johnson …
Federal judge blocks state’s ban on transgender girls playing on girls’ school sports teams Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Josh Bootzin/Cronkite News: Protestors gather outside the state Capitol on Thursday to draw attention to Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s criticism of dual language programs. By Josh Bootzin/Cronkite …
Protesters gather at state Capitol to challenge Tom Horne’s anti-dual language rhetoric Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald English immersion opponents make false claims Contributed Article PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has issued the following statement in response to …
Horne issues response to protest over English Language Learner instruction Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Tom Horne: State Schools Superintendent Tom Horne says schools teaching in Spanish violate state law. Violation of voter-approved English immersion law Contributed Article/Courtesy Arizona Department of Education PHOENIX …
Horne: Schools using 50-50 dual language model violating state law, risk losing funds Read More