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  • Douglas lashes out after Ducey overturns firings (Common Core in Arizona)

    02/13/2015 10:48:59 AM PST · by ponygirl · 16 replies
    Arizona Capitol Times ^ | 12 Feb 2015 | Jeremy Duda
    State schools Superintendent Diane Douglas lashed out at Gov. Doug Ducey after he overturned her attempted firing of two state Board of Education employees, accusing him of infringing on her statutory and constitutional duties and of surrounding himself with a cabal of Common Core supporters.Douglas asserted that she has the right to hire or fire Board of Education employees. She noted that a law says the Board of Education can hire staff “on the recommendation” of the superintendent of public instruction. “Governor Ducey apparently views himself as both governor and superintendent of Schools,” Douglas said in a press statement.On Wednesday,...
  • Critics Say Education Dept. Is Favoring Political Right

    01/02/2004 7:49:12 PM PST · by neverdem · 29 replies · 235+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | January 2, 2004 | Michael Dobbs
    <p>When Arizona schools superintendent Lisa Graham Keegan and a group of predominantly conservative educators launched the Education Leaders Council (ELC) in 1995, their proclaimed goal was to upset an educational establishment long dominated by the Democrats and left-leaning teachers unions.</p>