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CHILDREN’S CHAMPION HONORED

LD-10 Sen. David Bradley’s tireless efforts on behalf of Arizona’s kids will be recognized this weekend in Phoenix. Bradley is set to receive the Arizona Friends of Foster Care Foundation’s J.Robert Pierson Award for lifetime achievement as a legislator, counselor and child welfare and mental health services administrator. The ceremony is set for 4-6 p.m. Continue reading…Leave a comment

POLITICO – AMERICA’S MOST PUZZLING GOVERNOR – BY REED KARAIM MARCH 06, 2014

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Brewer defended the cuts as necessary for a state deeply in the red. Here, once again, she slips easy classification. Brewer also supported a 1 percent increase in the state sales tax to help fund education, despite facing Republican primary opposition when running for her first full term. “The 1 percent sales tax was fairly Continue reading…Leave a comment

ARIZONA SENATE PANEL VOTES TO DUMP COMMON CORE

By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Ignoring pleas from business leaders, the Senate Education Committee voted 6-3 along party lines Thursday to bar Arizona from implementing the Common Core standards the state adopted four years ago. Sen. Al Melvin, R-Tucson, who championed SB 1310, said he believes the concept of some nationally recognized Continue reading…Leave a comment

DAVID BRADLEY: GOVERNOR’S CARE TEAM APPOINTMENTS TO DEAL WITH CPS

The governor’s selection of the Child Advocate Response Examination (CARE)Team is the right step. Particularly gratifying is the selection of Charles Flanigan to chair the team. Mr. Flanigan is the most articulate and skilled child advocate in the governor’s cabinet. Prior to any special sessions or requests for money the CARE team must carry out Continue reading…Leave a comment

CONNECTING EDUCATION TO HOME, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY

Good Afternoon I am from the government and I am here to help you. Let’s begin our brief time together bringing each other a little peace. In the chaos that is our world today it is to the counselors to bring the gift of peace to the organizations in which we find ourselves. Together let’s Continue reading…Leave a comment

EDITORIAL ON CONNECTICUT – SANDY HOOK

As is often the case, it is the children who are raising the village. The frightful heart wrenching Connecticut tragedy lifts again the veil that cloaks the vileness that lies within even our most quaint and quiet communities. The toxic combination of isolation, depression, agitation and access to a weapon coupled with untreated mental illness Continue reading…Leave a comment

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