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PHOENIX — A growing number of lawmakers across the country are taking steps to redefine public education, shifting the debate from the classroom to the pocketbook. Instead of simply financing a traditional system of neighborhood schools, legislators and some governors are headed toward funneling public money directly to families, who would be free to choose the kind of schooling they believe is best for their children, be it public, charter, private, religious, online or at home.

Hispanic CREO would like to announce that the Arizona School Choice Trust scholarship is now open to apply! ASCT are working hard to educate and empower Latino families to take ownership of their children's education and make quality education accessible to low-income families.  Scholarship applications are now available in English and Spanish via www.ASCT.org. The deadline for the application is May 1, 2013 and awards will be given out the first week of June.

School Choice Advocacy Organization

PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION ORGANIZATIONS CAN CHANGE LIVES, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES.

15 years ago, the Arizona lawmakers crafted legislation making possible School Tuition Organizations. The goal was to make a private school education more accessible to all Arizona families. It seemed like an ideal situation. Individuals and businesses that donated to these organizations received tax credits that reduced their state tax bill by the amount donated. Deserving kids from poor and working class families would receive scholarships giving them the type of private school education traditionally reserved for the well-to-do.

Tucson - El Departamento de Educación de EU investiga acusaciones por discriminación en contra de estudiantes latinos en el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tucson (TUSD), el mismo que este año canceló sus programas de estudios mexicoamericanos.