Archive — Month: March 2019


Published: April 11th, 2019

Superintendent Hoffman Celebrates Repeal of Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law

Today, the state legislature fully repealed anti-LGBTQ legislation regarding HIV/AIDS curriculum, sometimes referred to as the “no promo homo law,” with strong bipartisan support, and the Governor signed it into law minutes later. This repeal means students will no longer be denied access to medically accurate, science-based information regarding HIV/AIDS. More importantly, after nearly three [Read more…]

Published: March 29th, 2019

ADE Highlights Arts Education Excellence During Youth Arts Month

The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) will wrap up “Arizona Youth Arts Month” this weekend, bringing to a close a month of celebrating excellence in arts education inside and outside of schools throughout Arizona. March, which is also known as “Dance in Our Schools Month,” “Music in our Schools Month,” “Theatre in Our Schools Month” [Read more…]

Published: March 22nd, 2019

Arizona Wraps Up Its Celebration of National CACFP Week

In recognition of operators of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a federally-funded Child Nutrition Program administered by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), the Department joined 392 child care centers and preschools, 273 Head Start programs, seven emergency shelters, 325 afterschool programs, 12 adult day care centers and more than 2,200 in-home [Read more…]

Published: March 22nd, 2019

ESA Task Force Update

Earlier this week, ESA Director Karla Escobar sent the following update regarding the work of the ESA Task Force to parents utilizing an Empowerment Scholarship Account for their children. Dear ESA Parents, Last month, I was honored to accept Superintendent Kathy Hoffman’s offer to serve as ESA Director, a role I held previously. One of [Read more…]

Published: March 14th, 2019

Superintendent Hoffman Announces Capacity Review Findings

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman today announced the findings of an internal capacity review of the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). The review was conducted to better ascertain ADE’s capacity to support schools and deliver a high-quality education to all students. “I promised during my campaign that under my leadership ADE would be [Read more…]

Published: March 1st, 2019

Register for ADE Teacher Job Fairs!

Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman is encouraging potential teachers to attend the Southern Arizona Job Fair on Saturday, March 2 in Tucson and the Statewide Arizona Education Job Fair on Saturday, March 9 in Phoenix. Both job fairs will be hosted by the Exceptional Student Services Division of the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). [Read more…]