09/08/2026
Diane Douglas has always been passionate about the American education system and has been actively involved in Arizona’s education landscape for over twenty-five years. Her interest started with her daughter’s education and has continued with her grandson. She believes that God entrusts children to parents, not to government bureaucracies. Advocating and protecting parents’ rights to direct the education of their children has been one of her highest priorities throughout her years of service. She now serves on the advisory board of Public School Exit.
In her own words, she describes that path this way:
I’ve had the honor of serving from the lowest rung of the education ladder beginning as a parent volunteer in my daughter’s classrooms; through 8 years on the local school board, to the top rung serving 4 years as the AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction—studying public education all along the way. I learned early on the origins and intent of the government schooling system but I believed there were too many children in the system to give up. That was until I spent four years as Superintendent. I came to realize government schooling can’t be fixed because it isn’t broken; it is doing exactly as intended upon its creation. To save our children, our country and honor our God we must get our children OUT!
Prior to her advocacy and leadership in education issues, Douglas graduated from Rutgers University and had a career as a financial analyst for private sector firms. She is also a successful stained glass instructor and artist with commissions in local homes and churches.
