I want to extend a semi-official welcome to Linda Lyon who recently began blogging about education at my old stomping grounds, Blog for Arizona. Her latest post looks at Ducey's State of the State Address from an education standpoint. Good, thorough stuff, mixing, like most of her posts, lots of facts and information with thoughtful analysis.

Linda, who I've known for a few years, comes to education from a different place than I do. She's a retired Air Force Colonel. She has served as the director of Wingspan and helped organize four of their charity golf tournaments. She serves on the Oracle School District Governing Board and is very involved in the Arizona School Boards Association.

You can look over her backlog of blog posts here or check in at Blog for Arizona now and then, where there's always plenty going on.