Skip to main contentSkip to main content
Arizona Daily Star
71°
  • Sign in
  • Subscribe Now
  • Manage account
  • Logout
    • Manage account
    • e-Newspaper
    • Logout
  • News
    • Sign up for newsletters
    • Local
    • Arizona
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Nation & World
    • Markets & Stocks
    • SaddleBrooke
    • Politics
    • Archives
    • News Tip
  • Arizona Daily Star
    • E-edition
    • E-edition-Tutorial
    • Archives
    • Special Sections
    • Merchandise
    • Circulars
    • Readers' Choice Awards
    • Buyer's Edge
  • Obituaries
    • Share Your Story
    • Recent Obituaries
    • Find an Obituary
  • Opinion
    • Submit a Letter
    • Submit guest opinion
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Opinion & Editorials
    • National Columnists
  • Sports
    • Arizona Wildcats
    • Greg Hansen
    • High Schools
    • Roadrunners
    • Scores
  • Lifestyles
    • Events Calendar
    • Arts & Theatre
    • Food & Cooking
    • Movies & TV
    • Movie Listings
    • Music
    • Comics
    • Games
    • Columns
    • Play
    • Home & Gardening
    • Health
    • Get Healthy
    • Parenting
    • Fashion
    • People
    • Pets
    • Travel
    • Faith
    • Retro Tucson
    • History
    • Travel
    • Outdoors & Rec
    • Community Pages
  • Brand Ave. Studios
  • Join the community
    • News tip
    • Share video
  • Buy & Sell
    • Place an Ad
    • Shop Local
    • Jobs
    • Homes
    • Marketplace
    • I Love A Deal
  • Shopping
  • Customer Service
    • Manage My Account
    • Newsletter Sign-Up
    • Subscribe
    • Contact us
  • Mobile Apps
  • Weather: Live Radar
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Bluesky
  • YouTube
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
© 2026 Lee Enterprises
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy
Arizona Daily Star
News+
Read Today's E-edition
Arizona Daily Star
News+
  • Log In
  • $1 for 3 months
    Subscribe Now
    • Manage account
    • e-Newspaper
    • Logout
  • E-edition
  • News
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Wildcats
  • Lifestyles
  • Newsletters
  • Comics & Puzzles
  • Readers' Choice Awards
  • Jobs
  • 71° Cloudy
Updating results

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

Advanced Search
Showing: 11 of 11
Arizona Opinion: Arizona children deserve better than Hobbs' plan
Local Editorials and Opinion

Arizona Opinion: Arizona children deserve better than Hobbs' plan

  • Christy Narsi and Mary Vought Special to the Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Mar 22, 2024

OPINION: "The Arizona Legislature should see through this attempt to turn the state’s children into second-class citizens, and reject the governor’s proposals," write Christy Narsi, chairwoman of Independent Women's Network AZ Chapter, and Mary Vought, a senior fellow at Independent Women’s Forum.

Local Opinion: School voucher expansion means less for public schools
Local Editorials and Opinion

Local Opinion: School voucher expansion means less for public schools

  • Diana Newmark Special to the Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Sep 21, 2023

OPINION: "Private school costs can be steep. But there is a cost to obtaining an Empowerment Scholarship Account, too – one that comes at the expense of the public schools in our communities," writes Diana Newmark, director of the Education Advocacy Clinic at the UA. 

Bills seek to improve oversight of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts
Local Editorials and Opinion

Bills seek to improve oversight of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

  • By Mark Finchem and Sylvia Allen Special to the Arizona Daily Star
  • Feb 18, 2019

To solve Arizona’s top education issues, it's time for adults to start acting like adults and show our kids how to work together.

Jonathan Hoffman: Oppression by the masses
Local Editorials and Opinion

Jonathan Hoffman: Oppression by the masses

  • For the Arizona Daily Star
  • Oct 21, 2018

The use of the veto referendum in the case of Prop. 305 is not a check on legislative corruption or other abuse of power.

Candidates for Arizona governor debate education, border, economy issues
Local news

Candidates for Arizona governor debate education, border, economy issues

  • By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
  • Updated Nov 22, 2018

Democrat criticized governor for signing plan to let any student take advantage of vouchers now reserved for special-needs students.

Candidates for Arizona governor debate education, border, economy issues
Tucsón

Candidates for Arizona governor debate education, border, economy issues

  • By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
  • Updated Sep 20, 2019

Democrat criticized governor for signing plan to let any student take advantage of vouchers now reserved for special-needs students.

Democrats object to GOP-controlled explanations of ballot measures
Local news

Democrats object to GOP-controlled explanations of ballot measures

  • By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
  • Updated Jul 12, 2018

Democratic lawmakers accused their Republican colleagues Thursday of hiding relevant information from voters about upcoming ballot measures.

5 things you need to know about Arizona's school voucher expansion
Education

5 things you need to know about Arizona's school voucher expansion

  • Angela Pittenger | This Is Tucson
  • Updated Sep 5, 2017

Applications for the upcoming school year are being accepted now. 

8 things you need to know about the new school voucher expansion
schools

8 things you need to know about the new school voucher expansion

  • Angela Pittenger | This Is Tucson
  • Updated May 17, 2024

Next year, only kids in kindergarten, 1st grade, 6th grade or 9th grade are eligible for the vouchers.

Arizona teachers respond to Doug Ducey's voucher expansion: 'We got played'
Education

Arizona teachers respond to Doug Ducey's voucher expansion: 'We got played'

  • By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
  • Updated Oct 1, 2019

Governor pushes back, reaffirms commitment to education and teachers.

  •   Prev
  • Next  

Most Popular

  • Marana High School mourns loss of Corey Roper, 15

  • Inflation rate means Arizona's and Tucson's minimum wages will go up

  • Analysis: These 9 TUSD schools are at highest risk of merging or closing

  • These new Arizona laws took effect this weekend

  • Opinion: I spent two years living in an ancient tree to save it. Now history is repeating itself in Arizona — and Mexico

Arizona Daily Star
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Bluesky
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Arizona Daily Star Store
  • This is Tucson
  • Saddlebag Notes
  • Tucson Festival of Books
Prefer us on Google

Sites & Partners

  • E-edition
  • Classifieds
  • Events calendar
  • Careers @ Lee Enterprises
  • Careers @ USA Today Co.
  • Online Features
  • Sponsored Blogs
  • Get Healthy

Services

  • Advertise with us
  • Register
  • Contact us
  • RSS feeds
  • Newsletters
  • Photo reprints
  • Subscriber services
  • Subscription FAQ
  • Licensing
  • Shopping

© Copyright 2026 Arizona Daily Star, PO Box 26887 Tucson, AZ 85726-6887

A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Advertising Terms of Use | Do Not Sell My Info | Cookie Preferences

Powered by BLOX Content Management System from bloxdigital.com.

  • Notifications
  • Settings
You don't have any notifications.

Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.

Topics

News Alerts

Breaking News