by David Safier There’s so much to be written about the Star’s series that began with Social Promotion in Tucson area schools Sunday and continued with Grade Inflation today. I’m going to limit myself to one small aspect of the social promotion question. Maybe I’ll write more later. When I was taking education classes in … Read more
Posted by: AzBlueMeanie (Thanks to tw3k for this photoshop of the On The Take Express) The press poodles for McCain over at the Arizona Daily Star continue to censor any critical reporting about the senator being on the take to his campaign contributors. You may recall that the Star recently did not publish any mention … Read more
This is brilliant political humor. Just enough truth to sting.
by David Safier I spend a lot of pixels criticizing School Boards and Superintendents and the Arizona Legislature. (Have you ever thought how many pixels had to die, how many ones and zeros were cut down in their prime, to create this post? It’s horrifying!) But I can’t remember bad mouthing any students in my … Read more
by David Safier I’m no expert on ELL education, and I won’t play “Expert” here. I honestly don’t know the best way to teach students who aren’t proficient in English. But I do know the controversy that raged in Arizona over bilingual vs. English Immersion instruction. EI won. According to Tom Horne, his decision to … Read more