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Stand for Children Arizona applauds Governor Hobbs for her strong display of leadership in her first State of the State address. Her call for bipartisanship to tackle key issues signals a unique landscape for our students and schools. It is evident, more than ever, that Arizonans need their leaders to act, and Governor Hobbs has […]

Every year, Stand for Children Arizona, conducts a poll of Arizona voters asking them to weigh in on key issues facing education in the state. Our 2022 public opinion survey results reveal that the majority of Arizonans feel failed leadership in the legislature has negatively impacted our students and that “lack of adequate funding” is the biggest issue facing our schools. 

Since our founding in 2009, Stand Arizona has been a leading advocate for proven policies,along with the funding necessary, to ensure all students have access to a high-qualityeducation. For the past four years, we have co-led the Invest in Education Coalition, whichdeveloped and passed Proposition 208 to help address our state’s chronic public school teachershortage, […]

Stand Arizona is committed to empowering parents to support their children’s education journey. While we support school choice options such as high-quality public charter schools, we oppose universal vouchers for private schools which undermine public education, lack accountability, and exacerbate already wide educational and social inequities.   We are particularly concerned about the void of academic […]

PARENTS HAVE POWER! A great example of people using their power to influence change in their community happened in Alhambra School District in February. Stand helped Alhambra parents partner with their superintendent to engage in listening sessions to share their concerns about what was happening in their community. In the listening sessions, parents shared that […]

This piece was published on the Arizona Republic on March 21st, 2022. Changing the Arizona Constitution is the wrong way to address critical race theory Opinion: It’s a bad idea to add voter-protected language to the constitution that could have major unintended consequences for Arizona schools. A bill that has largely gone unnoticed until this week seeks to […]