@ALegalProcess

Refugee of the People’s Republic of Seattle | Now in Scottsdale AZ | Corporate lawyer, but not: legal advice | your lawyer | or attorney advertising.

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Calling a Truce: I'll support ESA reform if you sign the Compact for AZ Public Schools

You want to reform ESAs. I want to reform public schools. I think public schools are inherently incapable of internal reform. You think ESAs are inherently unfair, subject to fraud, and undermine demo…

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CRS to Congress: School Mental Health Programs May Not Be Working

We may be seeing an Overton Window moment on the horizon for school-based mental health (SBMH) programming, where clarity and sound scientifically-supported claims are finally acknowledged in the publ…

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The Academic Case for School Mental Health Programs Was Never Really True

For more than a decade, a single claim has quietly reshaped American education policy:

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Let's Stop Pretending School Mental Health Programs Have Anything to do with Mental Health

Harvard Medical School associate professor and child psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport has been working in schools for 30 years. And for every year for the past twenty of those years, she holds a Harvard-b…

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It's Social Emotional Learning Week - But After 20 Years, Still No Evidence It Works As Promised

You may not have noticed, but this is National Social Emotional Learning Week. It may not appear in your Google Calendar, but you can be sure it shows up in schools across the country, including, espe…

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🚨AZ House Ed Committee votes to REPEAL mental health instruction with SEL in schools

Yesterday the Arizona House Education Committee gave due pass approval to a @LisaFink4AZ sponsored bill that repeals ARS 15-701.3, the only Arizona statute that mandates mental health instruction util…

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Pulling the Plug on Failure: Universal Mental Health Screening Issue Brief and Model Legislation

If you don’t know the work of the Manhattan Institute, I hope you’ll take some time to sign up for the policy briefs and commentary - especially to read Carolyn Gorman’s (@CarolynGorman_ ) lates…

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Was it not enough school counseling - or too much?

Originally published on Longer Thoughts February 17, 2025

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Arizona's Dying Flagship: ASU Sun Devils Trounce UA in City Journal's New College Rankings

Poor University of Arizona. They just can't get a break. In the same month they announce a staggering 20% decline in first-year enrollment, their sexier Tempe competitor continues to break enrollment …

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55% of all AZ students in 2025 failed to meet even *one* of ACT's core academic benchmarks

Arizona is one of ten U.S. states to mandate the ACT exam for all public school students. With almost a 100% test participation rate, it is perhaps the best means of assessing the ability of Arizona's…

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OK School Board Assoc Wants 200-400% Budget Increase for School Mental Health Programs

At what cost -and for what gain? With some of the poorest academic achievement scores in the country, Oklahoma students need better instruction, not more cultural activist school counselors.

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Judge to Mesa Schools - What does sex discrimination have to do with keeping secrets from parents?

This past Thursday the Arizona Court of Appeals held oral arguments on an appeal by Mesa Public Schools board member Rachel Walden and Jane Doe vs Mesa Public Schools and its superintendent. Ms. Wald…

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