More Buzz Mills boldfaced lies
by David Safier This morning I posted about Buzz Mills being shot down on his 1-to-1 teacher to administrator lie by the able and well-researched Brahm Resnik. (Why don't interviewers always come in with facts and information like that, based on what they know the interviewee is going to say?) Advertisement I mentioned as an … Read more
Arizona’s STO/Tax Credit Law Headed To The Supreme Court
Posted by Craig McDermott (though I'm David Safier will have a *lot* to say on this one 🙂 ) It might surprise some observers that Arizona's school tuition tax credit law made it to the Supreme Court before Arizona's police-state anti-immigrant law, but the STO law has been around for better than a decade while … Read more
SB1070 Update: Why is this in the bill? Part 1
by David Safier SB1070 is filled with sloppy writing and problematic stipulations. But two passages nag at me for a different reason than other parts of the legislation. With these two I ask myself, "Why did they decide it was necessary to put this in the bill?" Here's the first. It's part of the meatiest … Read more
Thar’s $Gold$ in Them Thar Charter Schools
by David Safier I've slacked off on posting about charter schools lately, but I haven't stopped collecting material from around the country. It's clear that, in charter schools' under-regulated wild, wild west, there's lots of money to be made. And with Arne Duncan plowing huge sums into charters across the country, the money scramble is … Read more
Buzz Mills gets shot down for 1-to-1 teacher to adminstrator lie
by David Safier Boy, is this fun! I posted earlier that GOP Guv hopeful Buzz Mills bested the Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner when Mills tweeted: 1:1 ratio of administrators to teachers. Cut admin to appropriate level – improve education while freeing budget $$$ Ladner only maintains that bus drivers are bureaucrats, not administrators — and, … Read more
What the BP oil spill says about “free market” capitalism and “small government” conservatives
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the moment Barack Obama took his oath of office, the mighty Wurlitzer of the right-wing noise machine led by the clowns at FAUX News have portrayed Obama as a socialist/communist/marxist/nazi/dictator (used interchangeably without regard to meaning) to argue that the government is "taking over" the economy and destroying the sacrosanct "free … Read more
SB1070 Update: The “modern equivalent of the know-nothing party of the last century.”
by David Safier Quiz: Who said anti-immigrant legislation is the “modern equivalent of the know-nothing party of the last century"? Answer: Jack Kemp, talking about the 1994 California move to cut off state-funded education and health programs for the children of illegal immigrants. Good news for Rs, bad news for Ds: CA Guv-at-the-time Pete Wilson … Read more
