A word of warning to charter schools
by David SafierA cyber (online) charter school in Pennsylvania is in big trouble for the most common type of charter school abuse — funneling money to management companies and other businesses that charge high rates and are connected to people who run the charter. Pennsylvania education officials say Agora founder June Brown misused millions of … Read more
UPDATE: Shawna Forde links to Rep. Tom Tancredo
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Shawna Forde, executive director of the Minutemen American Defense, who ordered a family murdered during a recent home invasion burglarly in Arivaca, AZ, is no run-of-the-mill criminal. She is one serious piece of work. Check out this tagged series of reports from crooks and liars.com, which tracks right-wing extremist organizations. Shawna Forde … Read more
What Liberal Media? Washington Post Sacks Dan Froomkin
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: What she said! Nicole Belle at crooksandliars.com nails it. What Liberal Media? Washington Post Sacks Dan Froomkin: The Washington Post is dead to me: (T)he Washington Post has terminated its relationship with liberal columnist/blogger Dan Froomkin. Froomkin authored the "White House Watch" blog and was told today that the blog had essentially … Read more
A local feels-great education story
by David SafierIt's the main story on the Star's front page. TUSD's Palo Verde High landed a $265,000 grant to be part of DNA research on Holocaust survivors. . . . they'll aid in the creation of a virtual memorial, envisioned as a Facebook-style social networking site that could help survivors, separated by distance and … Read more
A charter school movement to evaluate charter schools?
by David SafierI posted awhile back about the Arizona Charter Schools Association wanting to strengthen the oversight of charter schools and close the bad ones. This move is an effort by directors of some of the top (read, College Prep) charters, along with Lisa Graham Keegan, ex Ed Supe in Arizona and one of the … Read more
He wants your vote for Ed Supe
by David SafierJohn Huppenthal sponsored a bill that would grant teaching certificates to someone with any one of these three qualifications: Graduate in the top 10 percent of his/her postsecondary graduating class. Score in the top 10 percent on a nationally recognized norm-reference admissions exam for post-baccalaureate programs. Taught for at least three years at … Read more
Sen. Sylvia Allen (R-State of Constant Fear) loves her concealed weapons
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I become more convinced every day that conservative Republicans are all those nervous twitchy types who live in a paranoid state of constant fear that someone somewhere is out to get 'em. Oh, they like to talk tough alright, but deep down they are fearful nervous twitchy types, kinda like Barney Fife on … Read more
