“Exodus from public schools as a strategic goal”
October 27, 2009
by David Safier Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist, usually very conservative, though I haven't read him enough to put him in a specific category. He has a column in today's Washington Times titled Liberation from liberalism: Escaping government schools is key to reclaiming America. He makes his point loud and clear. Traditional public schools
On Political Apathy
October 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Bob Herbert, columnist for the New York Times, continues his excellence in journalism with this opinion Changing the World: [For context, the opinion is framed around the history of the Civil Rights Movement and Andrew Goodman, Michael Shwerner and James Chaney, the three civil rights workers who were murdered by the Ku
Face Off on Arizona Illustrated discusses propositions, Tucson election
October 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Commentators Bruce Ash and Vince Rabago weigh in on the City of Tucson election and the Propositions. Vince Rabago brings his A-game and destroys the bogus arguments of GOP National Commiteeman Bruce Ash, who is also the chief financial backer of the Tucson Vision Committee The Vision Thing: Independent Campaign Donors Revealed which is running false attack ads on television. For more about Mr. Ash's smear campaign see GOP culture war smear campaign reduced to Ash.
Video below the fold.
Massive teacher layoffs?
October 27, 2009
by David Safier This from Tom Horne. Arizona faces the prospect of large-scale layoffs of school teachers next year due to the state's budget problems, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said Monday. He said the ‘‘massive layoffs'' of teachers are possible even though school districts' actual job cuts for the current school year
How dare you question us!
October 26, 2009
by David Safier I went to the debate over Prop 200 tonight. I think the No on 200 folks sounded intelligent and knowledgeable and Yes on 200 folks had nothing but fear on their side. But that doesn't tell me anything about who's going to win at the polls. Other than the actual debate, which
Senate Health Care Reform Bill to Include the Public Option (Opt Out)
October 26, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced today the Senate Health Care Reform bill: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the merged health care bill will include a public option allowing states to opt-out. Reid: Public Option No 'Silver
Significant changes in laws about teacher hiring
October 26, 2009
by David Safier This one got past me in the heat of the state budget problems. According to Pat Kossan at the Republic, significant changes have been made to rules about teacher contracts and firings. Republicans hated the idea that teachers had to be given pink slips by May 15 if the district couldn't guarantee
How AZ Imagine Schools deal with the school board issue
October 26, 2009
by David SafierThis is one of a series of posts, Peeking into Charter Schools. If you have information you wish to contribute, you can post comments or email me: safier@schooltales.net. I just posted about an email from Imagine Schools' CEO which says, basically: We own the schools. The school boards either should do what we
