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TED: COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT RULES ON TWO CASES THAT EXPAND THE PRESIDENT'S POWER OVER IMMIGRATION.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE IRAN WAR'S ENDURING EFFECTS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

>>> AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE 2026 TEACHER OF THE YEAR AS DETERMINED BY THE ARIZONA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

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TED: GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT TODAY ISSUED TWO MAJOR IMMIGRATION DECISIONS BOTH IN FAVOR OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO CONTROL IMMIGRATION ISSUES.

ONE OF THE DECISIONS RESTRICTS THE GOVERNMENT'S TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS PROGRAM.

THE OTHER ALLOWS THE U.S.

TO TURN AWAY ASYLUM-SEEKERS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER WITH MEXICO.

WE WELCOME ELIZABETH CHATHAM IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND PARTNER AT STINSON LLP AND EVELYN CRUZ FROM SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LET'S MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

LIZ, 6-3 VOTES, BOTH WINS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND REALLY GIVES HIM THE EXECUTIVE IN THIS CASE, THE AUTHORITY OVER IMMIGRATION ISSUES.

A LOT MORE THAN WE THOUGHT, HUH?

>> DEFINITELY.

IT DEFINITELY EXPANDED THE AUTHORITY ESPECIALLY ON THE TPS CASE, IT WAS DEFINITELY DECIDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT TPS DESIGNATION WAS APPROPRIATE FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRETTY POWERFUL POSITION TO HAVE.

TED: INDEED, TPS, TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS.

EVELYN, WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED TODAY THAT CHANGED?

>> WELL, UNDER THE IMMIGRATION LAWS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS QUOTED THE POWER TO DO THE WIFFLE THE CONGRESS AS FAR AS THE LAWS ARE INVOLVED.

WHAT IT DID IS THAT IT CREATED A WINDOW FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DECISION-MAKING NOT TO HAVE A CHECK ON IT.

THERE'S NO ONE WHO CAN SAY WELL, THAT IS NOT THE PROPER WAY OF SEEK THIS ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LAW.

IN ADDITION TO IT, THE COURT OPENED THE IDEA THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NONCITIZENS RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER TPS OR PERHAPS OTHER AREAS, MAY NOT HAVE FULL ACCESS TO DUE PROCESS.

THE COURT AT ONE POINT SAYS THAT THEY -- THEIR RIGHTS TO SUE BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT ABLE TO SUIT STATE BUT NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

TED: AND LOT OF HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS HERE, SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS HERE.

OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK, LIVE IN THE U.S.

CREATED BY CONGRESS IN 1990 OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, BUT I THINK WHAT I KEPT HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WAS TEMPORARY MEANS TEMPORARY, AND THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

>> RIGHT.

RIGHT.

AND THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.

THE NATURE OF IT, THERE IS ALWAYS VULNERABILITY, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY ANALYSIS, INVESTIGATION, CHECKING IN WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO HELP THE SECRETARY MAKE THE DECISION OF WHETHER A DETERMINATION SHOULD CONTINUE OR CHANGE, AND THERE'S USUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A LEAD-UP TO WARN PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE IN THAT CATEGORY, THAT THERE MIGHT BE A CHANGE UPCOMING.

HERE, I THINK, THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME NUMBERS, BUT MANY TIMES IT'S A VERY SHORT RUNWAY IN TERMS OF ANNOUNCING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGE IN THE DETERMINATION, AND IN THE DISSENT, I THINK THE CRITICISM WASN'T SO MUCH DOES THE AUTHORITY EXIST FOR THE SECRETARY TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION?

IT WAS WHAT FACTORS WERE BEING CONSIDERED TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION?

AND THE DISSENT FELT THAT WAS VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE THAT'S IMPACTED, AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE DETERMINATIONS, AND THOSE FACTORS WERE TENABLE.

TED: RIGHT.

AND THE TEMPORARY STATUS WAS FOR FOLKS WHO CAME FROM AREAS WHERE THERE WAS WAR, DISASTER, IN VENEZUELA RIGHT NOW, YOU COULD MAKE A CASE FOR SOME OF THOSE FOLKS, BUT IT WAS, AGAIN, DESIGNED TO BE TEMPORARY, BUT AGAIN, IF SYRIA IS IN A CIVIL WAR FROM NOW INTO PERPUITY, YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM, AREN'T YOU?

>> THE FACT IS THE IMMIGRATION ACT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, DIFFERENT TOOLS MANAGING DIFFERENT IDEAS.

PEOPLE HERE ON TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS DO NOT HAVE A PATHWAY TO PERMANENT STATUS.

NO WAY THEY CAN BECOME LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE REASON IT PROVIDES PROTECTION ON A LARGER SCALE, AN INDIVIDUAL FLEEING GENERAL CRIME OR CIVIL WAR OR A NATURAL DISASTER LIKE WE JUST SAW IN VENEZUELA WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM.

YET, WE CANNOT DENY THE PERSON HAS A REASON, A HUMAN RIGHTS REASON TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME PROTECTION, AND SO THAT IS THE RULE IN PLACE.

IF WE DECIDE SOMEONE FROM SYRIA CAN EVER GO BACK, WE CAN USE A DIFFERENT TOOL TO PROVIDE THEM A HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

TED: INTERESTING.

I WANT TO GET TO THE SECOND ONE, THIS DEALS WITH ASYLUM-SEEKERS ALONG THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER.

THIS SEEMS LIKE A RAMPED-UP VERSION WHAT THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS DOING, CORRECT?

>> YES, THE BIG CHANGE WITH THIS DECISION IS THAT THE INTERPRETATION OF ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS BEING DEBATED BY BOTH THE MAJORITY AND THE DISSENT, AND THE MAJORITY TOOK THE POSITION THAT IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE, TO BE INSPECTED BY CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL, AND TO HAVE THAT ASYLUM APPLICATION EVEN REVIEWED OR ACCEPTED, YOU HAD TO PHYSICALLY BE IN THE BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE REASON THAT IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL IS THE IDEA OF THE PORT OF ENTRY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A TRUE, QUOTE, BOUNDARY.

THIS DECISION ALMOST MAKES LIKE A RED LINE TERRITORIAL BOUNDARY.

TED: YES.

>> AND THE METERING, THAT'S THE TERM THAT WAS USED WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS AT THE BORDER, METERING IS WHEN CBP UNDERTOOK A MECHANISM IN ORDER TO DETERMINE HOW MANY CASES CAN THEY PROCESS A DAY?

IF THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE, THEY CAN HAVE THEM PREADJUDICATE, THEY CAN DO APPLICATIONS TECHNICALLY ONLINE WHEN CBP WAS ASKED IF THAT WAS AVAILABLE, NOW IT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, AND THEY ALSO HAD THE RIGHT OFFICERS, CBP OFFICERS WITH EXPERIENCE WITH ASYLUM, AND THEY WOULD MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY COULD PROCESS THAT DAY.

TED: RIGHT.

>> THEY WOULD EVEN NOW -- WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THE CASE CAME UP IN THE SUPREME COURT WAS THAT CBP AGENTS THAT WERE STATIONED IN THE VEHICLE ENTRY WAYS, THE PEDESTRIAN ENTRY WAYS, THE ACTUAL OFFICES THEY WOULD PUT PEOPLE INTO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONING AND SECONDARY INSPECTION, THOSE OFFICERS WERE TASKED TO LEAVE THE AREAS GO OUT INTO THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE BORDER, AND THEN BASICALLY STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING ACROSS.

TED: RIGHT, AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE, BUT THAT REALLY IS A THING HERE.

THE IDEA IS THAT YOU CAN -- IT'S OKAY TO PREVENT THEM FROM CROSSING AND PUTTING THAT FOOT INTO U.S.

TERRITORY.

>> RIGHT, THE IDEA THAT TERRITORY IS A CLEAR DELINEATION IS SOMETHING THAT HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE COURTS OVER MANY, MANY GENERATIONS AND THE ONE THING THAT CONFUSES MY STUDENTS THE MOST BECAUSE YOU CAN LITERALLY HAVE SOMEONE IN THE MIDDLE OF KANSAS CITY, AND THEY'RE NOT IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO THIS CONSTANT DIVISION OF WHAT IT IS, IT WILL CONTINUE, EVEN THOUGH JUSTICE ALITO SAYS WE CAN MAKE A PLAIN ANALYSIS OF THIS BY EVERYDAY RATIONALE WHAT IS PHYSICALLY IN THE UNITED STATES.

TED: ALL RIGHT, EVELYN CRUZ AND ELIZABETH CHATHAM.

MORE COMING DOWN THE PIPE, TOO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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TED: IF AND WHEN THE IRAN WAR OFFICIALLY COMES TO AN END, THE WORLD'S ECONOMY WILL LIKELY LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT DID BEFORE THE WAR STARTED.

EVERYTHING FROM A SHIFT IN POWER WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY PRODUCERS TO WARNINGS OF SLOWER GROWTH AND HIGHER PRICES COULD MAKE FOR A NEW ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME ASU ECONOMIST DALE ROGERS.

WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN, BUT OVERALL THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> HUGE.

YOU TAKE OUT 20% OF THE WORLD'S SUPPLY OF OIL, AND TRUTHFULLY WHAT WE DO IS RUN THINGS JUST IN TIME, AND WHILE THE MIDDLE EAST IS NOT AS MUCH OF A SOURCE OF OIL FOR US AS IT USED TO BE, IT WAS A DRAMATIC HIT IN THE ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY LIKE IN ASIA AND EUROPE AND SO ON.

THE WORLD'S KIND OF MAD AT US ABOUT IT.

TED: I WOULD IMAGINE SHOW.

DISRUPTION AT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, HOW LONG BEFORE DELIVERIES AND TRADE AND THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX, HOW LONG BEFORE THAT ACTIVITY IS TRUSTED?

>> YOU KNOW, WE TALKED AROUND COVID ABOUT TURNING THE FAUCET BACK ON AND SO ON.

TO HAVE EVERYTHING GET BACK TOTALLY TO NORMAL, IF WE'RE GOING BACK TO NORMAL, IT'S TWO TO FOUR MONTHS, I WOULD SAY, GENERALLY.

NOW I UNDERSTAND IRAN ATTACKED A SHIP FROM SINGAPORE TODAY, SO WHO KNOWS IF IT'S REALLY OVER OR NOT OVER.

TED: WITH ALL THAT GOING ON, ARE WE SEEING OTHER ENERGY PRODUCERS, THE VENEZUELAS OF THE WORLD, THE BRAZILS OF THE WORLD, ARE THEY STARTING TO BE ON THE ASCENDANCY OR WHAT?

>> WHAT'S INTERESTING FOR A GUY, FOR A PRESIDENT WHO HATES RENEWABLES, PROBABLY HE HAS DONE THIS YEAR MORE FOR THE RENEWABLES INDUSTRY THAN ANYBODY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

SO YOU'RE REALLY SEEING RENEWABLES RAMP UP, AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU CAN USE THOSE NOT JUST FOR FUELING VEHICLES, BUT ALSO FOR ELECTRICITY, AND THERE'S HUGE STRAINS ON PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY'S ELECTRIC GRID.

TED: I SAW A REPORT IN APRIL WIND AND SOLAR GENERATED MORE THAN GAS?

>> IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP.

THE U.S.

IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO STOP DOING RENEWABLES, THEY'RE PAYING A COUPLE BILLION DOLLARS TO A FIRM TO QUIT DOING A WIND FARM OFF THE COAST, IT'S NUTS.

>> WITH THAT IN MIND, THOUGH, ISN'T THAT A GOOD THING FOR CHINA?

I KEEP READING AND HEARING THAT CHINA IS LAPPING US WHEN IT COMES TO RENEWABLE ENERGY, ARE THEY LAPPING US?

>> LAPPING US IN MOST THINGS TRUTHFULLY.

THEY'RE LAPPING UP RENEWABLES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HUGE ISSUE.

THEIR POPULATION IS FOUR TIMES MORE -- MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF US, AND SO THEY DESPERATELY NEED ELECTRICITY, AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS OUR, YOU KNOW, SORT OF GRID INFRASTRUCTURE WAS DESIGNED A VERY LONG TIME AGO, AND IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN UPGRADED.

TED: YEAH, WITH ALL THIS IN MIND NOW, WE SAW EBB AND FLOW WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

FIRST YOU COULDN'T FIND THEM, NOW YOU CAN'T SELL THEM.

ARE THEY COMING BACK IN A DIFFERENT WAY?

COMING BACK WITH CHINESE MODELS?

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IN BRAZIL, I WAS DOWN THERE RECENTLY, AND IT'S INCREDIBLE, LIKE EVERY THIRD CAR WAS A BYD OR ONE OF THE OTHER CHINESE BRANDS, AND THEY'RE CHEAPER THAN OTHER OPTIONS, AND THEY SEEM TO BE REALLY GOOD VEHICLES.

NOW WE'RE PRETTY MUCH KEEPING THEM OUT OF U.S.

YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE AN OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT YOU'RE SEEING THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TRUTHFULLY, I THINK CHINA HAS WON EV WAR FOR THE TIME BEING.

TED: OKAY, SO WITH THAT IN MIND AND WITH THE IDEA THAT THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE AS FAR AS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND CRUDE OIL HAS CHANGED, THE FALLOUT FROM THE WAR, HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO LAST AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S OVER?

>> THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PIECES TO THIS, TED.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS, IRAN CAN HOLD THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HOSTAGE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY CAN DO IT FOR TEN YEARS.

I THINK IT'S LESS THAN THAT.

I WOULD SAY MAYBE FIVE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE GULF STATES ARE DOING, THERE'S A BIG PIPELINE.

IT'S ALREADY KIND OF THERE, BUT THERE'S MORE CAPACITY GOING ACROSS SAUDI ARABIA AND ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STRAIT AS WELL, AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AVOID -- AND, OF COURSE, PIPELINES ARE CHEAPER TO PUSH OIL THROUGH, NOT CHEAPER TO MAKE THAN SHIPPING CRUDE OIL AND SO ON, BUT I THINK LONG RUN, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE STRATEGIC SORT OF CHOKEHOLD THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.

TED: WITH THAT IN MIND, LONG-TERM PLANNING, LONG-TERM GROWTH, HOW DOES THE WAR -- CAN YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW?

OR IS IT TOO FUZZY?

>> YEAH, I MEAN HONESTLY THE U.S., IT'S SO DISAPPOINTING.

THERE'S BEEN SO MANY THINGS WE DID KIND OF WRONG HERE.

I MEAN, WE DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE WON THE WAR, FOR ONE THING, AND WE DIDN'T GET WHAT WE WANTED OUT OF IT, AND IRAN IS REALLY LEARNED THE POWER OF THAT.

WE KIND OF CHANGED THE NATURE OF THE GULF, AND WE'VE ALIENATED A LOT OF OUR ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.

SO ONE OF THE SORT OF OFFSHOOTS OF THIS WAR IS EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT, WAIT A MINUTE, CAN WE TRUST THE U.S., AND SO LET'S LOOK FOR OTHER WAYS TO DO IT, AND THAT'S A LONG-TERM CHANGE THAT I DON'T SEE IS GOING TO CHANGE BACK.

IT COULD BE QUITE NEGATIVE.

>> I THINK REVERSING WHAT HAPPENS WOULD TAKE AN AWFUL LONG TIME TO HAPPEN.

>> I THINK SO.

WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE TRANSITION.

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT CHINESE EVs, WE HAVE 100% TARIFF ON THEM.

CANADA HAD 100%, WHEN WE STARTED BEING WEIRD WITH CANADA, THEY WENT TO 6% TARIFF ON CHINESE EVs.

HOW MANY TESLAS ARE YOU GOING TO SELL IN TORONTO OR MONTREAL, VERSUS BYDs, WHICH ARE GOOD CARS AND SUBSTANTIALLY CHEAPER.

TED: ALL RIGHT, DALE ROGERS, ASU ECONOMIST, VERY INTERESTING STUFF.

CHANGES BY THE DAY.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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TED: TIFFANI JASEPH NAMED 2026 TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY THE ARIZONA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

JASEPH TEACHES SPECIAL EDUCATION AT COPPER VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SAHUARITA SCHOOL DISTRICT SOUTH OF TUCSON.

WE GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET THE SPECIAL TEACHER AND LEARN WHAT MAKES HER LESSONS SO SPECIAL?

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

TED: WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

>> I DESCRIBE IT AS KIND OF A MOMENT THAT STOOD STILL?

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, AND I HUGGED MY FRIEND TYLER RIGHT NEXT TO ME AND LET OUT A CRY, AND I JUST -- IT WAS OVERWHELMING GRATITUDE.

TED: AND OVER TIME NOW, YOU ARE A BIG DEAL, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS RECOGNITION?

>> IT'S JUST SUCH AN HONOR, AND I LOVE THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE FOR MY STUDENTS AND MY FAMILIES BECAUSE, AS YOU SAW, I TEACH SPECIAL EDUCATION, SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SHARE ABOUT THEM AND TO CONTINUE LEARNING AS WELL.

TED: HOW DID YOU GET INTO TEACHING?

>> I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO, SO BACK WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I DECIDED I WANTED TO BE A TEACHER, I NEVER LOOKED BACK.

TED: YEAH, BUT GENERAL EDUCATION FIRST, THEN KIND OF MORPHED INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHICH IS A SPECIAL CALLING.

>> YES.

TED: THIS IS SO COOL THAT YOU ARE GETTING THIS AWARD.

WHY DID YOU MAKE THAT MOVE?

>> HONESTLY, I THINK THAT'S THE KEY WORD RIGHT THERE IS CALLING.

IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS INTERESTED IN.

SO I GOT MY MASTERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND FROM THERE, WANTED TO PUT IT INTO PRACTICE, AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, AND I REALLY JUST WANTED TO HELP THE STUDENTS WHO WERE MORE UNDERSERVED AND WHO NEEDED MORE.

>> THE DIFFERENCES IN TEACHING GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

>> THERE IS.

TED: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?

>> IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, EVERYTHING IS INDIVIDUALIZED.

MY CURRICULUM ISN'T NECESSARILY THE STATE STANDARDS IT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO GET TO THE STATE STANDARDS.

I'M LOOKING BEYOND THE CURRICULUM AND WHAT DO THEY NEED?

HOW CAN I HELP THEM TO ACCESS THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM.

SOME OF MY STUDENTS DON'T SPEAK, THEY ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS, IT'S ABOUT INVENTIVENESS AND BEING AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

TED: MAKING SURE THERE IS A GENERAL EDUCATION CONTACT THERE, IT'S ACCESSIBLE, THEY'RE NOT JUST OVER HERE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

MY SCHOOL IS A MODEL SCHOOL HONESTLY FOR WHAT INCLUSION CAN LOOK LIKE.

I DO MY BEST TO WORK WITH THE GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, AND MY INCLUSION ASSISTANTS.

THE LADIES THAT WORK WITH ME TO HELP THE STUDENTS, HELP THEM TO GET ACCESS, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS LOOK?

WE WANT THEM TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR PEERS.

MY STUDENTS ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

TED: YOU MENTIONED STRENGTH-BASED INSTRUCTION TAILORED TO DIVERSE LEARNING STYLES.

THAT'S THE ONE-ON-ONE, ISN'T IT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THEM LEARN, MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE FOR THEM.

TED: I NOTICED A COUPLE OF QUOTES BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH SPECIAL QUOTES.

NUMBER ONE CURRICULUM IS LOVE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

TED: EXPLAIN PLEASE.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE STUDENTS CAN LEARN UNLESS THEY FEEL SAFE AND VALUED AND EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY REGULATED.

IF THEY COME TO A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL LOVED, IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM HAPPY WANT AND TO LEARN, AND GOING TO OPEN ALL THE DOORS FOR THEM.

TED: THAT'S WITH STUDENTS THAT HAVE PROBLEMS COMMUNICATES AND EMOTIONS?

>> ESPECIALLY FOR THEM, IT CAN LEAD TO BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS.

THEY NEED TO KNOW THEY'RE WITH A TEACHER WHO LOVES THEM AND THEY CAN MAKE MISTAKES AND IT'S A NEW DAY, MOVE ON.

TED: YOU ALSO WANT YOUR KIDS TO KNOW THEY HAVE A PLACE IN THE WORLD.

BOY, IS THAT IMPORTANT FOR THESE KIDS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

JUST BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN BORN DIFFERENT OR HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THEY NEED TO BE PART OF THIS WORLD AND INCLUDED.

TED: FAMILIES, PARENTS, PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE CONTACT WITH THEM THAN GENERAL EDUCATION.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I HONESTLY, BECAUSE OF MY PROGRAM, I WOULD HAVE STUDENTS FOR YEARS.

IF THEY COME TO ME IN KINDER, I MAY HAVE THEM THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.

I CREATE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE FAMILIES.

I CONSIDER THEM PART OF MY CIRCLE.

I CAN TEXT THEM, THEY CAN TEXT ME.

WE'RE A TEAM AND IT'S AMAZING.

TED: IMPORTANT FOR THE KIDS TOO TO HAVE THE CONTINUITY.

WOULD SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE.

>> YES, THEY KNOW.

IF I HAVE A STUDENT WHO MIGHT BE GETTING IN TROUBLE, THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO CALL MOM OR DAD AND WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE THE ARIZONA TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

YOU'RE A CANDIDATE FOR NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

ARE YOU GOING TO GET A WEEK-LONG TRIP TO THE SPACE CAMP IN ALABAMA, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT.

TED: HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM NAU, DR.

JASEPH, AND THROW OUT A FIRST PITCH AT A DIAMONDBACKS GAME.

HOLY SMOKES, THAT'S A LOT GOING ON.

>> I'M GOING TO PRACTICE FOR MY THOUGH.

TED: GOOD FOR YOU.

AND YOU GET ON GO TO WASHINGTON FOR THE NATIONAL -- I THINK YOU GOT A GOOD SHOT AT.

DO THE KIDS -- HOW MUCH -- I GUESS SOME PROBABLY DO AND SOME NOT SO MUCH REALIZE THAT THEIR TEACHER IS PRETTY SPECIAL.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TRULY DO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT?

BUT I THINK THAT THEY -- FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, I THINK THEY KNOW SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENED, ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAD SPECIAL GUESTS COME IN AND RECORD US.

I THINK THEY HAD AN IDEA, BUT TO THEM, I'M JUST MISS TIFFANI OR MISS JASEPH.

TED: TEACHERS ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME THESE DAYS.

WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO TEACHERS?

>> LISTEN TO YOUR HEART AND FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE WE TRULY ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

DON'T LET THE HARD DAYS WIN.

TED: TIFFANI JASEPH, 2026 TEACHER OF THE YEAR, CONGRATULATIONS, GREAT JOB, PROUD OF YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

TED: THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.