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We have one private school participant
November 25, 2009
by David Safier I received an email this morning from a teacher at an Arizona independent school who is planning to ask his students if they were surveyed for the civics test Goldwater Institute used to create 3 separate studies comparing high school students attending public and private schools. The question is, was the survey
Black Friday Madness: Remembering Jdimytai Damour
November 24, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While I was trying to enjoy a rare night of television on Monday night, I was constantly barraged by television ads from major retailers for their "Black Friday" sales: Open at 5 a.m.! Open at 4 a.m.! Open Thanksgiving Day! After the tragic trampling death of Jdimytai Damour, a part-time security worker at a Long
Any private school teachers or adminstrators reading this?
November 24, 2009
by David Safier More on the survey results used for the G.I. civics study (No, I'm not obsessed, just very interested). Here's a way to get closer to finding out whether Strategic Vision LLC actually completed the survey for G.I. and didn't just make up the results. It can be worth a $25 gift card
More on civics survey data
November 24, 2009
by David Safier I don't know if Matthew Ladner is working from his end to discover whether or not the public school/private school survey he commissioned from Strategic Vision LLC was legit or fraudulent. But I have to say, he's been very forthcoming with documentation. I asked him if he would give me the raw
Accidental Governor flip-flops on education, concedes defeat to GOP insane clown posse
November 24, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you needed any further evidence that the Accidental Governor is a lame duck governor who is neither respected nor feared by her own Republican dominated legislature, Monday should have erased any doubt. Governor Jan Brewer on July 1, 2009 in her veto message of the state budget: I received early this
Legislative advocacy training in Tucson
November 24, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Legislative Advocacy Sessions – Tucson Dates: Tue., December 1st and Mon., December 7th Time: 6:30 – 8:00 PM for both sessions December 1st Location: Cross Middle School, 1000 W. Chapala Dr. (in Tucson) December 7th Location: Eckstrom Columbus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St. Description: The Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives
Teachers union to sue state
November 23, 2009
by David Safier The legislature just passed a whole bunch of changes affecting teachers, not just budget cuts. They were passed earlier but Brewer's budget vetoes eliminated them. Now they're back. And the teacher's union is suing. First, a comment. If I'm a serious teacher planning to make it a career, I'm going to pass
What ever happended to the good times the tax-cutters promised us?
November 23, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am going to repost this essay by Sam Pizzigatti posted at Campaign for America's Future in its entirety. Sam makes essentially the same economic arguments I have made in several posts over the last couple of years with new recently released research. What Ever Happened to the Good Times the Tax-Cutters
