David Safier by David Safier It's wonderful to see Tucson High's drama teacher Art Almquist, a man who has devoted himself to the performing arts, get People magazine's Teacher of the Year award. These teachers who spend all that time with their students in their classrooms then spend ridiculously long hours with them after school deserve the … Read more
by David Safier If I read this correctly, the AZ Dept of Ed gave a thumbs up to TUSD's Culturally Relevant Curriculum. Actually, it was more of a thumbs-to-the-side. But it certainly doesn't sound like a thumbs down. The important takeaway: the ADE doesn't plan to bring the SB2281 hammer down on the district or … Read more
by David Safier My monthly column in The Explorer came out today. The subject is my current obsession, for-profit online education corporation K12 Inc., its local charter school Arizona Virtual Academy, and Craig Barrett, Gov. Brewer's education right hand man and K12 Inc. board member. So much is happening on those three fronts right now, … Read more
by David Safier Yesterday I posted a segment of "Education: The Rest of the Story" where Ann-Eve Pedersen discussed Craig Barrett's scheme to change Arizona's education funding to slant it toward charter schools. Here's a segment I did that goes into one of the many ventures Barrett is involved in: K12 Inc. He sits on … Read more
by David Safier Ann-Eve Pedersen has an incredible segment about Craig Barrett and the still-under-wraps scheme to change the way Arizona funds education on our latest installment of "Education: The Rest of the Story." Barrett is a heavy hitter on the state and national educational stages and a big political contributor. He's working on a … Read more