😲 Today, the yearly cost of Arizona's universal voucher program reached $1 BILLION.

$1 billion in taxpayer funds are being siphoned into an unaccountable program that primarily benefits wealthier families who always chose private schools.

😞 “Teachers don’t feel supported… Arizona’s schools are underfunded, ranking 48th in the nation in per-student spending… Meanwhile, according to the Common Sense Institute, the state spent an estimated $882 million in taxpayer money for [ESA vouchers]."

😮12News reveals Supt. Horne’s ADE has approved nearly $40,000 in ESA voucher funding for luxury kitchen appliances in yet another #VoucherGrift.

What do you think – should AZ taxpayers be footing the bill for voucher-funded home kitchens?

📽️ Watch the full report ▶️ www.12news.com/article/news...

🚨URGENT: HB2640 is being heard TODAY!

HB2640 incentivizes local public schools to sell their campuses to private schools, accelerating school privatization and hurting neighborhood schools😖

💥ACT NOW: Use our quick- call tool to reach out to your AZ Reps. and urge them to vote NO! bit.ly/NoHB2640

This private school ad is beyond disgusting 🤮 “Don’t worry if your school shuts down (because of vouchers) — you can take a $7k ESA voucher and if you’re rich you can afford the difference and come here!”

Read our statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to advance school vouchers & privatization.

🗣️ SPEAK UP for Arizona kids! Use #RequestToSpeak NOW to urge lawmakers to vote YES on HB2213, which provides free school meals to all students currently receiving reduced price lunches.

This bill will be heard tomorrow, 1/28 — make your voice heard @ bit.ly/RTSazleg

Read our statement on Governor Hobbs’ 2025 State of the State Address.

#ArizonaPromise #HobbsSOTS

😮 Arizona’s ESA voucher program lacks any accountability, paving the way for fraud and fly-by-night schemes which are bad for AZ kids.

#VouchersHurt

Read the full story from ProPublica ➡️ www.propublica.org/article/ariz...

👀 Read @propublica.org's shocking new account of a ESA voucher-funded strip mall school that failed families by shutting down with no warning— and zero accountability from the state.

www.propublica.org/article/ariz...

🗞️ The Weekly Education Report is back! This week:

👻 Indictments for massive fraud in the ESA voucher program
😞 Roosevelt shutters 5 community public schools
🍎 AZ voters want the #AZLeg to fund public schools

Read our 🆕 #WeeklyEdReport @ bit.ly/December9EdReport for these stories and more!

💙 #GivingTuesday is a few days away, but we hope you’ll join us TODAY in the fight to ensure every AZ child has access to a high-quality public school in their neighborhood. Your support will make a difference in our efforts to protect public schools in 2025!

Donate: sosaznetwork.org/donate

Read our statement on Attorney General Mayes’ indictments regarding the latest instance of massive fraud in Arizona’s ESA voucher program. @azagmayes.bsky.social

SOSAZ joined education advocates from across the nation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the annual Partnership for Equity & Education Rights (PEER) conference! We came together to learn, strategize, organize, and prepare for the year ahead to fuel our fight for Arizona’s students.

NEW: A recent propublica.org investigation reveals how North Carolina's school voucher program is funding private schools that opened as "segregation academies" and continue to serve predominantly white students.
www.propublica.org/article/segr...

First new working paper thread on Blue Sky! 🧵

In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .

edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093

MUST-READ new @propublica.org
deep-dive on the former segregation academies getting school voucher cash.

And the stunning lack of transparency —even in states like NC that know how to collect the data.

(Plus a few comments from me 🤷‍♂️)
www.propublica.org/article/segr...

Hello Bluesky! Here is a list of public education advocates from across the country to follow :)