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In response to a question about teacher misconduct, Udall said
teachers, staff and everyone on campus should be screened.

When it comes to funding in this era of school choice, Udall
said there are a lot of suggestions for alternatives to bonds and
overrides, including a statewide property tax. “It’s hard to get
SUMMER CONFERENCE AND EXPO
the education advocates on the same page,” she said.
BY DON HARRIS
Lieberman said taxpayers are getting hit with budget overrides
and bond issues and he called for “a grand bargain.”
Hiring a Millennial? Expect the Unexpected
“What’s needed is a sort of grand bargain and a lot of people
Josh Tickell
working together who don’t have a great track record of
working together,” Lieberman said. “That’s just the reality of
Considered a top strategist for understanding and
it.”
dealing with millennials, Josh Tickell gave AASBO members
a glimpse of what to expect when hiring members of that
Campbell asked how lawmakers will be able to find a middle
often misunderstood Generation Y.
ground that they can agree on.
In his keynote address July 18 at AASBO’s Summer
Conference and Expo, Tickell, an award-winning film
director, said the question he hears when speaking to
Udall assured her audience that there are legislators on both
groups around the country is: “What to do with those darn
sides of the aisle who favor additional funding for public
millennials?” ey were born between 1980 and 2000, there
schools – without relying on overrides and bonds.
are about 80 million to 100 million of them and Gen Y has
been called “the generation that will change the world,”
Lieberman pointed out that there are former teachers serving
Tickell said.
in the Legislature who have a voice in what happens.
Generations generally span about 20 years and experience
Lieberman is founder and CEO of Acelero Learning and
certain milestones together. Generation Z, born from 2001
taught at South End Head Start, and Udall is a former
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member of the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board.
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