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State Superintendent of Public Instruction -- Quiet-type RepublicanDiane Douglas seems to have beaten out David Garcia. But her powers are limited primarily to investigating financial malfeasance at schools and enforcing rules made by the State Board of Education. Disgraced politician Tom Horne, when in the post, created headlines for himself by focusing on the Tucson Unified School Districts Hispanic-studies program, but that was in reaction to a state law. John Huppenthal also used the position as a bully pulpit, railing against Common Core standards. However, as a complicated flow chart by a group critical of Common Core shows, the state Superintendent has essentially no input on how the standards are implemented in Arizona. Yet Douglas (whos victory is predicted, but not official) is considered by many to be a potential political wild card who may use her powers to block federal funding to schools or attempt to bring Scripture to science classes. If she tried something radical, would her moves be checked by the Legislature or Governor? We left a few messages for political experts this morning, but theyre probably all sleeping in after a late night watching election results. Well update this post with their comments when they call back. Democrats, Forget the Whining about Dark Money and Barack Obama: Its the Economy, Stupid buff.ly/1E8KGSV
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:30:13 +0000

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