by David Safier Kudos to Rhonda Bodfield for the series of investigative articles she wrote in the Star awhile back about social promotion. It's a topic worth looking into. But in today's article, which slams local school districts for not taking action on her findings, she gets a little carried away with herself. Actually, she gets … Read more

by David Safier If one conservative pundit writes a column about the hypocrisy of Obama sending his kids to private school, it's just a column. When the next day another conservative pundit writes that, to be consistent, Obama should send his kids to public school, we're seeing the creation of a new talking point from … Read more

by David Safier (TASL) I find this encouraging. Freshmen in the Sunnyside School District will get free laptops if they keep a 2.5 or better GPA and have a 95% attendance record. Will this change behavior or just reward the students who are already doing well? Single-period absences for freshmen at Desert View High School … Read more

by David Safier The Star agrees with what I wrote in an earlier post that the state shouldn't take tuition funds to shore up Arizona's budget problems: We understand the financial straits facing the state. But taking students' money from universities demonstrates the backward tendencies of lawmakers who refuse to accept that Arizona can't grow … Read more

by David Safier Looks like Russell Pearce wants to increase state revenues by taxing Arizona college tuition. He doesn't call it a tax, but that's what his proposal amounts to: Lawmakers are eyeing an extra $56.7 million collected in tuition by the three public universities, possibly to help balance the state budget. See, the universities raised tuition … Read more