Arizona has lost its damn mind, this week passing some of the stupidest, most aggressively anti-public ed laws anywhere, including an absolutely insane law requiring teachers to file lesson plans a year in advance.
Arizona has always been a strong contender for most anti-public education state in the county. They've had trouble convincing teachers to work there for years (at one point they were recruiting in the Phillipines), using the one two punch of low salaries along with rock-bottom spending on classrooms (this is the state where the house GOP leader contended that teachers were just working second jobs so they could buy boats). In the meantime, they have done their best to foster charter profiteering and set up vouchers at the expense of public ed. Did I mention that Arizona is the Koch home base?
There was no reason to be surprised when Arizona's teachers rose up in revolt. Governor Ducey made noises about recognizing the problem, but he's been trying to slap teaches around ever since. Arizona legislators have come after teachers and public schools before, but this week is really something special.
This week Ducey issued an executive order requiring all schools to return o in-person learning by CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Arizona Mounts Further Assault On Public School Teachers