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Charter Management Organizations and the profit motive
August 9, 2010
by David Safier The corporatization of charter schools — where, instead of being localized, earnest attempts at creating educational alternatives, charters become statewide/nationwide conglomerates sucking up government money for profit — is one of the dangers inherent in the charter school movement. The profit motive and quality education are usually at odds. With charter schools,
Arizona’s Privatizing Public Safety Fail
August 9, 2010
By Michael Bryan As we have been watching over the past several days, an entirely preventable tragedy has been delivered courtesy of the for-profit incarceration industry. Three murderers escaped a profit-center prison in northern Arizona and two of them apparently went on an interstate rampage. The result has been the tragic death of two innocent
Escaped murderers kill NM couple, flee to Yellowstone National Park
August 9, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: My worst fears have been realized. Escaped murderers Tracy Province, 42, who was serving a life sentence for murder and robbery, and John McCluskey, 45, serving 15 years for second-degree murder, aggravated assault and discharge of a firearm; and Casslyn Mae Welch, 44, McCluskey's cousin and fiancee who helped the men escape
Rachel Maddow Show visiting Tucson on Tuesday
August 8, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott From The MaddowBlog – We're taking Maddow Blog on the road this week. On Tuesday, we'll wrap up a day of reporting on the Arizona border with a TRMS watch party in Tucson, Arizona, in the Hotel Congress Tap Room. It gets lonely on the road, so please come on by
A good news local public school story
August 8, 2010
by David Safier There's a wonderful story in today's Star about Principal Ray Chavez and Apollo Middle School in the Sunnyside district, and the positive changes since he took over a few years ago. The story is so glowing, it almost sounds too good to be true, but I'm going to take it on face
Update: Payday Paton dot.com
August 8, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When I was out and about on Saturday, I noticed some new campaign signs had sprouted up: "PaydayPaton.com," strategically placed near campaign signs for Jonathan Paton. From the Arizona Democratic Party: Payday Paton now on social media: CD8 Republican candidate Jonathan Paton refuses to tell voters about his past as a payday-lending
Become Our Fan!
August 7, 2010
The big buzz in blog publishing right now is "Social Media Optimization" – which just means letting your social circle know what you are reading and enjoying. We here at BlogForArizona would like to ask for your recommendation. See that "Become a Fan" item on the top of the left sidebar? Great! Just click the "Like"
The “mythology of fear” about social security
August 7, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Daily Kos has been posting a series of blog posts by several authors over the past few months about the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ("Deficit Commission"), which they have sarcastically dubbed the Catfood Commission. The purpose of this commission, as with all commissions, is to give the new
