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Horne’s school safety recommendations approved by State Board

  • Mon, May 22 2023

Horne’s school safety recommendations approved by State Board

Number of schools with officers jumps from 190 to 301, Horne and Phoenix Council member call for added safety data

HORNE MEETS WITH PRINCIPALS OF HIGH-PERFORMING ARIZONA SCHOOLS

  • Tue, May 16 2023  •
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Horne meets with Principals of high-performing Arizona schools

Department of Education to Recommend School Safety Grants for Phoenix Union Schools Despite District Board Opposition

  • Fri, May 12 2023

Department of Education to recommend school safety grants for Phoenix Union schools despite district board opposition

Six schools applied for grants to pay for officers 

Horne files to have transgender sports lawsuit argued in Phoenix rather than Tucson

  • Thu, May 4 2023  •
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PHOENIX – Attorneys for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne have filed a motion for a change of venue in the lawsuit brought against the State of Arizona by parents of biological boys who want to play on girls’ sports teams.

Horne says school districts need to ditch “equitable grading”

  • Tue, May 2 2023  •
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PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne is urging public schools that use “equitable grading” for students to abolish the practice.

Horne notes NEA supports teacher pay raises, but AEA and Democrat legislators oppose legislation to give teachers more

  • Tue, Apr 25 2023  •
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State schools chief Tom Horne, responding to inquiries made to him about a recent National Education Association (NEA) study on teacher pay, says the national organization and Arizona Education Association (AEA) are surprisingly at odds with each other on this issue

Supt. Horne statement on recent departures of district superintendents in Apache Jct. and west valley

  • Thu, Apr 13 2023  •
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PHOENIX - Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following statement today in response to the recent dismissal of the superintendent of the Apache Jct. Unified District and resignation of the Liberty Elementary District superintendent: 

HORNE: PROPOSED TITLE IX CHANGE WOULD DECIMATE WOMEN’S SPORTS

  • Tue, Apr 11 2023  •
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Horne: Proposed Title IX change would decimate women’s sports

HORNE: DEPT. OF EDUCATION WILL PICK UP PROJECT MOMENTUM FUNDING

  • Mon, Apr 3 2023  •
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PHOENIX – Arizona schools chief Tom Horne has announced that funding for Project Momentum Arizona will now be provided by the Arizona Department of Education after the recent decision by the Governor’s Office to reevaluate its role in that program. The department has signed a $10 million contract with Project Momentum to ensure the program continues and expands to more Arizona schools.

Horne: More money in the classroom improves student performance

  • Tue, Mar 28 2023  •
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PHOENIX – State superintendent of schools Tom Horne today released a Department of Education study that demonstrates statistically that school districts that put a higher percentage of their budget into the classroom, primarily teacher salaries, do much better academically, compared to districts that have a higher percentage of their budget in other categories.