by David Safier I've heard stories of charters like BASIS expecting parents to give the school a donation as a non-obligatory part of enrolling their children, though I haven't gotten any absolute confirmation. Now it looks like Great Hearts charter schools are doing something similar. This is wrong on at least two counts. First, while … Read more
by David Safier Remember how Romney used a police uniform his dad gave him to terrify a young woman making out in a parked car? Good times. Now a NY Times article mentions an incident at Stanford where Romney bragged about using the same uniform to speed to the airport. In Mr. Romney’s dorm closet … Read more
by David Safier K12 Inc., the country's largest online school corporation, is in trouble again, this time in Florida. It's being investigated for using uncertified teachers and telling its certified staff to provide cover. K12 officials told certified teachers to sign class rosters that included students they hadn’t taught, according to documents that are part … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Religious bigotry McCarthyite Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, the Tea-Publican candidate running against Rep. Raúl Grijalva in CD 3, is now being abandoned by her friends who want to distance themselves from her. Talking Points Memo reports Brewer Bails On Az. GOPer In Wake Of Racial Remark: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has bailed on … Read more
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The suprising, and wrongly decided Pennsylvania superior court decision on voter ID, will go before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court this Thursday. Voter ID law set for review by state Supreme Court | PennLive.com:
Pennsylvania will take its place as a battleground state on a different political front this week as supporters and opponents argue the validity of the state’s new voter ID law before the state Supreme Court.
Oral arguments are scheduled for Thursday in Philadelphia. They will be televised live on Pennsylvania Cable Network at 9:30 a.m.
The six-member court — evenly split between Democrats and Republicans — will be tasked with reviewing Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson’s August ruling that permitted Pennsylvania’s new voter ID law to be implemented for the Nov. 6 election. If the justices are deadlocked, Simpson’s decisions will stand.
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Plaintiffs in this case say the state, as of Tuesday, had issued nearly 7,000 nondriver’s license photo ID cards since March, when the law was enacted. That proves their point that with at least 100,000 voters needing IDs, there’s strong evidence that “you are going to have tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, without ID on Election Day,” said Witold Walczak, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania’s legal director.