White Hat Management, a for profit charter school org, is not one of the good guys
December 4, 2011
by David Safier Schools run on the profit motive and K-12 education do not mix well. We've seen that again and again. I've written a lot about for profit Imagine Schools which runs the largest string of charter schools in the nation and is notorious for its bad practices. I've written plenty about K12 Inc.,
Scarping goes national
December 4, 2011
by David Safier I'd heard buzz about this, but now I know it's true, 'cause I read it in the Star's Political Notebook. Daniel Scarpinato is moving up, from the spokesman for the Republicans in the State House to the regional communications officer for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Daniel has been a friend of
SNL Weekend Update with Herman Cain
December 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Herman Cain makes an appearance on SNL's Weekend Update to explain ending his campaign.
Supreme Court to the Red Queen: No constitutional basis for removal of Colleen Mathis
November 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am going to take a moment to say "I told you so!" The Red Queen makes her move: Judge Ryan is making the same legal points I have made here: the determination of a violation of the Open Meeting law is exclusively within the jurisdiction of the judiciary, the governor and
Will the GOP’s ‘new math’ lead to a brokered convention?
November 23, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Something new I learned while researching the GOP primary rules: the GOP has adopted "new math" for the 2012 primary election which could result in a brokered GOP convention for the first time in decades. Howard Megdal writing at Salon explains, The GOP needs a brokered convention: [A]ll of the polls and pronouncements
Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney would have turned away his own immigrant father
November 23, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First, a bit of history… Willard "Mittens" Romney is the son of George Wilcken Romney, an immigrant from Mexico. You read that right. George W. Romney's grandparents were polygamous Mormons who fled the United States with their children because of the federal government's opposition to polygamy. His maternal grandfather was Helaman Pratt
Tell Newt he’s nuts
November 23, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: AFSCME responds to Newt Gingrich's contention that child labor laws are "truly stupid" and that school janitors should be fired and poor kids hired to clean up after their own classmates with this ad. Newt Gingrich has come out in favor of child labor before. In 1994 he suggested that children on welfare
Stay tuned
November 23, 2011
by David Safier Arizona's new education empowerment accounts — vouchers by another name, with a new twist to make them even more insidious — will be tested in court Monday. The lawsuit comes from the Arizona School Boards Association. The law is the Goldwater Institute's baby. I don't know what the arguments against the vouchers
