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Horne to US Ed Secretary: Quit threatening to shut down Grand Canyon University
Mon, Apr 22 2024 •
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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.
Horne criticizes Governor’s classroom cell phone ban veto
Fri, Apr 12 2024 •
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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.
Horne corrects false information about federal funds in letter from legislators
Tue, Apr 9 2024 •
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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.
Parent files lawsuit defending English as language of the classroom
Tue, Mar 19 2024 •
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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.
Supt. Horne sounds warning on teacher shortage, promotes workforce readiness and academic initiatives in State of Education
Tue, Mar 12 2024 •
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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.
ELL court decision paves way for draconian measures against school board members
Mon, Mar 11 2024 •
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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.
Horne: Hundreds of districts and charters fail to report on Holocaust instruction
Mon, Mar 4 2024 •
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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.
PHOENIX – Contrary to an assertion made today by Attorney General Kris Mayes, State schools chief Tom Horne says the Department of Education alerted the Attorney General’s office to potentially fraudulent activity on the part of two of the three former Arizona Department of Education employees named in indictments handed up by the state grand jury.
More than 900 schools decline to answer new report card questions
Thu, Feb 29 2024 •
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PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has released figures showing that more than 900 Arizona schools have declined to answer five academic focus questions related to matters such as ensuring schools do not inappropriately expose students to explicit content and avoiding instruction that promotes racial division such as Critical Race Theory.
Horne marks National School Resource Officers Appreciation Day
Thu, Feb 15 2024 •
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PHOENIX – All 307 School Resource Officers in Arizona have received an appreciative letter from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne in honor of today’s National School Resource Officers Appreciation Day.