John Huppenthal

"Redneck Day" at Valley School, Complete With Confederate Flag, Turns Out to Be a Bad Idea

Gee, what could possibly go wrong with Queen Creek High School having a "Redneck Day," including one student draped in a Confederate flag?It turns out that African-American students, parents, and community leaders, as well as people of any race with cultural sensitivities have figured out exactly wh ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's New Pal Michael Nowakowski Snuggles Up to Tom Horne and John Huppenthal?

I'm beginning to wonder if Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski is still a Democrat. By now, everyone in Sand Land knows that Nowakowski, executive vice president of the Cesar Chavez Foundation and the head honcho of that foundation's communications arm, the Radio Campesina Network, recently ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, Police Chief Daniel Garcia Cautiously Assure Local Safety in Response to Newtown Shooting

City of Phoenix officials cautiously assured the safety of kids in city schools this afternoon, after 27 people -- including 20 children -- were reportedly shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.See also:-More Than Two Dozen Dead Following Shooting at Newtown, CT Elementar ... More >>

ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070

See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of HopeSee also: SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates OthersSee also: The Supreme Court's 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers As I anticipated in April, when it became clear that the U.S. Supreme Cou ... More >>

Tom Horne's White Flag in Oral Arguments on Tucson's Ethnic Studies Program

This week Attorney General Tom Horne paid a visit to recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's Ban Amnesty Now radio show, where he regaled Pearce's tens of listeners with his heroic legal work of late, despite Pearce's incessant efforts to turn the conversation back to his ridiculous "buy ... More >>

John Huppenthal Invokes Mein Kampf, Queen Boudica, and Hannibal, Rationalizing War on Ethnic Studies Students and Teachers

Hupp goes all Hannibal on the MAS crowd, 6:34 onWhat I like about Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal is his consistency. You know when he opens his mouth, he's bound to say something stupid. It's just a matter of how stupid.His latest round of revelatory idiocies -- at leas ... More >>

Cynical Politicians in Tucson's Ethnic Studies Case Will Be on History's Losing Side

John Huppenthal's Edict: 10 Percent of TUSD Cut Till MAS Is Killed

Today, state Schools Superintendent John Huppenthal ordered that 10 percent of the budget for the Tucson Unified School District be withheld until TUSD eradicates its Mexican American Studies program.The cut is punitive and retroactive to August 15, 2011.No great drama there. Huppenthal announced th ... More >>

Tom Horne's Office Farmed Ethnic Studies Legal Work to Contributors

As reported in a previous blog, Administrative Law Judge Lewis Kowal recently upheld Arizona Schools' Superintendent John Huppenthal's finding that Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies program violates the state's anti-ethnic studies statute, one drafted and passed with the expr ... More >>

Ethnic Studies at TUSD on the Ropes Till Federal Judge Rules

Los Tigres del Norte, apparently not to Judge Kowal's liking...Is there any doubt save in the most muddled of noggins that Arizona's Latino population continues to dwell beneath the bootheel of a hostile political class made up almost entirely of Anglos?Yes, the successful recall of the state's top ... More >>

Nativity Ploy

Arizona Public Schools Earn an "F" When it Comes to Math and Writing, According to Latest AIMS Test Results

yumamom.com​Arizona public schools still don't receive satisfactory marks when it comes to standardized test scores, as evident by the recently released results of this spring's Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test, the state's current barometer for success on the education frontThe ... More >>

Morning Poll -- Ethnic Studies: Is Arizona Schools Superintendent John Huppenthal a Liar?

John Huppenthal's claim that Tucson's ethnic-studies course is illegal probably was "not intended to be a factual statement."​Arizona's Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal came to the conclusion earlier this week that the Ticson Unified School District's Ethnic-Studies course is i ... More >>

John Huppenthal's Whopper on Ethnic Studies: Cambium Report Doesn't Back Hup's Declaration that Tucson's MASD Program Violates the Law

Uriel GarciaHuppenthal, contradicting the findings of his own reportI've just finished reading the Cambium report on Tucson Unified School District's much-maligned Mexican American Studies Department. It's a shocker.Know why? Because the report itself concludes that "no observable evidence was prese ... More >>

June 16 In Blogs: John Huppenthal, Calle 16 Mural Project, Bruno Mars, Thai Basil, and Andrew Thomas

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Ethnic Studies Equals Politically Conscious Latino Students -- Which is Exactly Why Its Enemies Want to Kill It

Tucson Unified School District's Tuesday Night Debacle

From Tuesday's demonstration, outside TUSD...Police in full riot gear, some tech-ed out SWAT-style with pepper-spray guns. A cop chopper overhead. Protesters locking arms to prevent police vehicles from moving. A 69 year-old activist on crutches arrested and cited, along with six others. Cops flingi ... More >>

Tucson's Rebellion Over Ethnic Studies Continues Today

Ethnic studies student Angelica Penaran takes a TUSD board member to the woodshedThe fight against the effort to slowly kill the Tucson Unified School District's embattled Mexican-American ethnic studies program continues today with a TUSD board of governor's meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. La ... More >>

Ethnic Studies Revolt: Students Take Over TUSD Governing Board Meeting

Courtesy of the Three Sonorans, the revolution is YouTube-izedHow often have you seen students protest and commit acts of civil disobedience because they want to study something?While their peers in the rest of the country may be looking to cut class, Tucson's students are battling to maintain ethni ... More >>

Review of Tucson's Raza Studies Program by Schools Chief John Huppenthal Starts Monday; Tucson District's Funding On Line

John Huppenthal, state schools chief, will have the final say on whether the Raza Studies program in Tucson violates a new state law.​ The Arizona Department of Education is paying more than $170,000 to a Texas company that will research whether Tucson's Raza Studies program violates a ne ... More >>

Arizona Election 2010: Goddard Concedes to Brewer Amid Conservative Field Day

Image: www.azsos.gov​Terry Goddard won't follow his father's footsteps as Arizona Governor, at least not this time.The high-profile Democrat was just one more body thrown on the pyre following the Arizona's Election Day slaughter by Republicans. Goddard conceded to Governor Janice Brewer at abou ... More >>

Is PR Stuntman Jason Rose "Wilting"? The Arizona Guardian's Winged One Gives Him a Feather-Lashing

Is Jason Rose still a political heavyweight?​Jason Rose has never been one to mince words or hold back on a stunt if he thinks it would win him political points. And points for his clients, of course. Rose has worked hard to earn a reputation as a straight-talking, political-bomb-lobbing pub ... More >>

Jason Rose Defends John Huppenthal on Student's Video of Him

Wagner's original video of the Huppenthal interviewGOP spinmeister Jason Rose has stepped into the fray regarding a high-school student's video report that included an interview with state Senator John Huppenthal, who is seeking to become Arizona's schools superintendent.Rose cries foul in a ne ... More >>

John Huppenthal Humiliated By High School Student Journalist's Video

Huppenthal spanked hard by a student journalist. Is this sweet or what?No one's ever accused Republican state Senator John Huppenthal of being the brightest bulb in the state GOP's closet. You might think Huppenthal's lowest moment came when he scuffled with a 78 year-old Democratic activist on elec ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Latest Unconstitutional Measure, Illegal Re-Entry

Meaner than a junkyard dog, Hispanic-hater Russell Pearce has got more unconstitutional legislation in the hopper todaySomething wicked this way comes, and no, it ain't Macbeth, it's state Senator Russell Pearce's latest unconstitutional legislation, SB 1394, which is scheduled to be discussed in th ... More >>

Hot Links: Chemicals, John Huppenthal, and Lowell Observatory

​Two workers at the Raytheon Missile Systems plant in Tucson were treated and released from a local hospital after being exposed to hazardous chemicals. A Raytheon spokesman says workers were handling chemical waste just before noon yesterday when they saw smoke. The fire department responded, but ... More >>

The MCSO Retaliates Against a Guadalupe Activist; Plus, John Huppenthal Spews Bogus Stats During a Prejudice Party at the Arizona Capitol

Senate Education Committee Chairman John Huppenthal Defends Wanting to Change School-Labeling Methods

Senator John Huppenthal​Yesterday, Jeb Bush came to town to offer advice to Arizona lawmakers about how to fix the ailing K-12 education system.As we reported yesterday, the most publicized recommendation that came out of the two-hour meeting was a push to change the way Arizona labels its s ... More >>

Arizona Tea Party Puddin' Heads; Plus, Russell Pearce Says Joe Arpaio Won't Run for Guv, Despite Business Journal Report

From left, Jack Harper, Dean Martin, Russell Pearce, and John Huppenthal Obama is a Nazi. Obama is a commie. Obama is a pirate. (Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum.) Obama is a socialist. Obama is the Joker from The Dark Night. (You know, Heath Ledger) Yadda-yadda-yadda. Such was the refrain f ... More >>

Huppenthal Found Innocent of Theft of Campaign Sign

​ Republican State Senator John Huppenthal has been acquitted on charges that he improperly removed a campaign sign last election day.Huppenthal, who has represented Chandler as either state representative or senator since 1992, had been charged with theft of the sign and tampering with a poli ... More >>

Decision in John Huppenthal's Trial for Removing a Campaign Sign Put Off Till Thursday

​ A decision expected today in the case of an alleged theft of a campaign sign by longtime Chandler politician John Huppenthal has been put off until Thursday. Huppenthal's case is another leftover of the messy 2008 election season. If you'll recall, Chandler police recommended charges of thef ... More >>

Who Are the Latest Public Employees Going on Vacation at "Training" Resorts on the Taxpayer Dime? Arizona Teachers

www.tangodiva.com Apparently Arizona teachers need stoic beauty, a golf course, and a pool to be in a proper learning environment. Now let's figure out what Arizona students need.​ When are they going to get it?In what is becoming a sickening trend, Arizona teachers are now the latest gro ... More >>

AFL-CIO Calls Two State Reps "Heroes" for Voting "No" on Republican Bills; Huppenthal's Trial Delayed

Daniel Patterson State Representatives Daniel Patterson and Jack Brown were called "heroes" this week by the AFL-CIO for their committment to vote "no" on most Republican bills. Patterson and Brown began their voting boycott a couple of weeks ago and haven't yet relented, resulti ... More >>

Chandler State Senator John Huppenthal Charged With Theft in Campaign Sign Flap

The Maricopa County Attorney's office has charged Arizona State Senator John Huppenthal with misdemeanor theft and altering or destroying political signs. As New Times pointed out when it covered this case last month, Huppenthal claims he had permission from a property owner to remove a political s ... More >>

Chandler Police Seeking Charges on State Senator John Huppenthal

Democratic Party Pressing Charges Against John Huppenthal Over Sign Flap

Death Watch

The latest report on child fatalities is in — and it's even worse than you thought

Meth Madness

For $5 million, Arizona can grow its population of meth users -- just like Montana

Send in the Clowns

Don't bother, they're here. After a decade of voter-mandated reform, the Arizona Legislature is as out of touch as ever

Master of Her Domain

County schools chief Dowling is still a one-woman school board

The Reformation

BFA case may inspire legislative action; investors grapple with recovering their savings

Flashes

Letters

Sandra-Prowling

County schools chief is target of an AG's investigation and a recall effort

Board Games

Maricopa County schools chief Sandra Dowling plays to win--of course, as a governing board of one, she doesn't have much competition

Extra Censory

In Arizona, high school administrators can decide what may or may not be published in student newspapers. They are not bashful about protecting their own interests.

The High Cost of Education Reform

The Symington administration touts market-based reform as a cure for Arizona's educational ills. Behind that rhetoric, state policies are driving public schools toward financial collapse.

YOU, TOO, CAN OPEN A SCHOOL!IN ARIZONA, IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS

VOUCHERS GO QUIETLYTHE GOP'S TOP PRIORITY SPUTTERS AT THE CAPITOL

WARNING CIGNA

NEGLIGENCE BY ARIZONA'S BIGGEST HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY NEARLY KILLED JIM SELL'S WIFE. THEN CIGNA AND A MAJOR HOSPITAL WENT AFTER THEIR POCKETBOOK.