My Commentary by Mike Brewer
Mike Brewer recently participated in Tucson’s own locally grown project, My Commentary. He says: "After 39 years of tolerating the nightmares, intrusive thoughts, and psychic ravages of war, I feel impelled to purge myself, at 60 years old, from some of the questions that have lodged themselves in the calcium of my bones. It is … Read more
A Sunday Education Grab Bag
by David Safier This Sunday’s meta-Ed post is a collection of random items. Want to see today’s front page of your old local paper in Minneapolis or Calcutta, India, or Bogota, Columbia? Go to the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages site. You can view it as an interactive map — put your cursor on a spot … Read more
Independents: #1 Issue in Arizona is Education
by David Safier I didn’t read an article saying that Independents’ number one issue is education. My conclusion is based on a very informal, very unrepresentative sample. But I think it’s reasonably valid. Today I rang doorbells for Don Jorgensen who is running for the State House in LD-26. We only spoke to Independents, and … Read more
Pat Buchanan’s Racist Rantings
by David Safier I’m wandering away from my usual education postings today. I’ve been waiting to see a recent Pat Buchanan column taken up by the media and hoping to see MSNBC demand an apology and suspend him for a few weeks. I’ve seen nothing, so the least I can do is say something myself. … Read more
RenziGate Roundup 3/29
CBS News airs a decent overview of the RenziGate crimes: Meanwhile, you might recall that Renzi’s mouthpeice Mr. Weingarten, said on the 5th, when Renzi was arraigned in federal court, that the defense was "not going to drag our feet." Well, not so much… Roll Call and CQ are reporting that Dick and his gang … Read more
We’re Back!
by David Safier Yes! Tax-And-Spend Liberals are back! John McCain says so: “No amount of rhetoric can hide Senator Obama’s clear record of embracing the liberal tax and spend, big government policies…” I’m so proud! Do you think he reads this blog?
Show Me The Money, Senator Bee!
by David Safier (TASL) I agree with almost everything Tim Bee said in his op ed, Goal: Affordable, accessible universities. But there’s a serious problem here. The most powerful man in the Arizona Senate has floated all kind of feel-good educational proposals without a penny of new funding to back them up. The op ed … Read more
Mandatory Recess for Grades 1-6 in Arizona Schools?
by David Safier One of our readers, Steve Gall, a retired teacher, was up in Phoenix arguing in front of the Senate K-12 Committee that recess should be required in all elementary schools. (Steve is quoted in the article.) Steve posted a comment about his experience at the end of my latest diatribe about after … Read more
