Posted by AzBlueMeanie: OpEdNews – Article: Protest the Wisconsin Coup! Nationwide Student Walkout, Friday @ 2:00: Wisconsin High School students have called for a Nationwide Student Walkout in protest of the Wisconsin coup, tomorrow at 2:00 local time. High school students in Madison, Wisconsin will walk out of class this Friday, March 11th at 2:00 … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: William Rivers Pitt writes an essay on the exact same thing I was thinking as I was watching the coup d'etat in Wisconsin on Wednesday. Then They Came for the Trade Unionists: On this day, it behooves us to remember the words of Martin Niemoller. "First they came for the communists," he wrote, "and I didn't speak out … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings * Maricopa County is still Arizona's "big dog" and is still growing, but AZ's other "dogs" grew more from 2000 to 2010. Given that the overall "pie" of Arizona didn't get any bigger, that means that Maricopa is getting a slightly smaller part of that pie. Over a … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings I'm still sorting through the data – it's available on the Census website as three very large zipped files and is a bit of a pain in the _ _ _ to work with. However, Ronald Hansen of the Arizona Republic already has a story up. It contains … Read more
by David Safier Obama's Ed Sec said over 80% of schools could miss their AYP (adequate yearly progress) this year, up from 37% last year. Does that mean schools are getting worse? In a word, no. It's all about balloon payment NCLB scoring. No Child Left Behind set a target starting in 2002 of all … Read more