Arizona Department of Education

PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne is praising University of Arizona president Robert Robbins and Arizona State University president Michael Crow for their handling of student protests and says K-12 schools that may be confronted with similar unrest should follow those universities’ model. Read more... https://lnkd.in/gtmxZdNG

PHOENIX - Arizona schools chief Tom Horne has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Michael Cardona urging him to abandon his threat to shut down Grand Canyon University and instead meet with school leadership to iron out their differences. Read more... https://lnkd.in/grGp_qCj

This is an urgent message from the Arizona Department of Education regarding a potential email phishing scam.    We have been informed that some districts and charters may be receiving an email from someone inappropriately using the ADE logo and asking for the recipient to fill out a form providing your personal information. The sender's email address IS NOT a government account, IS NOT affiliated with the Arizona Department of Education, and this IS NOT a legitimate email.    AZED HAS NOT SENT AN EMAIL OF THIS KIND AND WOULD NOT ASK FOR YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.    IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL OF THIS TYPE, YOU SHOULD INFORM YOUR I.T. DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT RESPOND TO IT

State schools chief Tom Horne criticized Governor Katie Hobbs’ veto of a bill he supported that would allow local districts and charters to set a policy restricting the use of mobile devices while students are in class. He pointed out that under the bill, local school authorities would set policies to accomplish that goal. Read more... https://lnkd.in/giFfeYSA

State schools chief Tom Horne is responding to state legislators who made inaccurate assertions in a letter about the Department of Education’s disbursement of federal education dollars. Read more... https://lnkd.in/gpvvewN8

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PHOENIX – A Phoenix-area parent of a public-school student has filed a lawsuit challenging the Creighton Elementary School District’s use of dual language instruction in violation of a voter approved law requiring English Learners to be taught in English the entire school day. Read more... https://lnkd.in/gmTUmueu

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says the largest and most urgent problem facing the state is a dire shortage of teachers, calling it a “potential catastrophe” that requires immediate attention. Read more... https://lnkd.in/gwq8azP2

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says he will appeal today’s ruling by a Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissing a lawsuit filed to protect the state’s constitutional requirement that English be the language of classroom instruction for students learning English. Read more... https://lnkd.in/geuhWkGz

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne reports that 322 of the approximately 750 Arizona districts and charter schools – about 43 percent – have affirmed that they are teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides as required by state law. He is advocating for the passage of legislation that would bolster that requirement. Read more... https://lnkd.in/gtMF4UaU