David Safier by David Safier I'm a non-observant Jew so this isn't exactly in my wheelhouse, but I'm doubly cheered by two articles in today's Star: 2 churches here act to dispel idea that Christianity means 'conservative', which is on the front page of the print edition, and Pope's blunt remarks challenge US bishops, on the front … Read more
by David Safier Diane Ravitch's new book about the state of education in the U.S., Reign of Error, was released Tuesday. Today it's Amazon's top selling public policy book and number 52 overall. If you're not a regular Amazon user, you may not know, if you "Click to look inside," you can read the first … Read more
by David Safier As I write this, the first episode of PBS's new documentary, "Latino Americans," is re-airing — 2-4pm. The next episode airs Tuesday, 8pm. I haven't heard any comments about the show from Tucsonans more knowledgeable than I am, but for someone like me with a huge hole where my understanding of Latino-American … Read more
by David Safier On our cable access show, "Education: The Rest of the Story," Ann-Eve Pedersen addresses the myth that the education will be improved if schools adopt the for-profit business model. Ann-Eve's research uncovered the BASIS application for a San Antonio, Texas, charter with 72 blacked-out pages I posted about recently (BASIS Charters' educational … Read more
by David Safier I don't often see eye to eye with the conservative blog, Seeing Red AZ. Actually, we don't see eye to eye this time either. But we both wrote about Huppenthal's attempt to rename Common Core — he's decided on “Arizona College and Career Ready Standards" — with the same level of disdain. … Read more