PHOENIX — By many estimates, Arizona continues to rank toward the bottom for education in several areas including teacher pay, funding and per-pupil spending.
“We expect this process to open the door to college to so many students, including students who might be first-generation college students. We recognize the challenges this rollout played and the challenges with some of the contracting we have had created frustrations for all of us,” Cardona said on Friday. “We’re committed to helping those students and helping those families in ensuring they have access to college.
“We’re working with states, legislative leaders on this,” he said of teacher pay specifically, adding that quite a few states have increased salaries in the past few years. “I’ve spoken to teachers that have had over $100,000 of debt forgiven. So that’s something President Biden is doing. We’re fixing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program,” he said.Email us: share@abc15.comIn the work of trying to help improve test scores after the COVID-19 pandemic or funding, Cardona says Arizona’s governor has been “fantastic.”
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