Zachery Schmidt 

 Zachery Schmidt is a contributor to The Center Square

Public Education
Report: Income cap could deny school choice to thousands

(The Center Square) – A ballot proposal’s income cap could put thousands of Arizona students at risk of being removed from the state’s school choice program, according to a new… Read More

May 21, 2026
Public Education
Arizona school choice program’s error rate is reportedly 1%

(The Center Square) – Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne told The Center Square that the Empowerment Scholarship Account’s error rate is lower than that of other Arizona government… Read More

March 13, 2026
Government
Experts dispute Arizona governor’s claims about state-funded school choice program

(The Center Square) – Arizona education experts are pushing back on claims Gov. Katie Hobbs made about the Empowerment Scholarship Account program during her State of the State this week. Read More

January 19, 2026
Public Education
Report predicts growth for Arizona school choice program

Common Sense Institute says 100,000 students will use Empowerment Scholarship Account Read More

October 23, 2025
Government
Nevada removes more than 162K names from voter registration rolls

(The Center Square) – The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office announced Monday that it had removed 162,519 voters from its voter registrations. Furthermore, the state also deactivated 37,749… Read More

April 16, 2025