David Safier by David SafierIf you've been reading BfA for awhile, you know I ran a series of investigative posts about the charter, Arizona Virtual Academy, which is one of a group of nationwide online schools run by K12 Inc. What I had found was that the school and others in the system were outsourcing student papers … Read more
by David SafierPoor Condi (he wrote, his keyboard dripping with sarcasm). She just can't go out in public these days without getting grief for the way she did her job of the past eight years. First Stanford, now the Jewish Primary Day School in D.C. At Stanford Condi got into a shouting match with a … Read more
by David SafierThe day is young, but I defy you to find a better headline than this before midnight tonight: Outhouses cushion small plane crash in Wash. state It's not only funny because it's true, but it's funny because the pilot walked away unhurt.
by David SafierHigher education is not my specialty, so I offer this for discussion without taking much of a position one way or the other. Should we turn some of Arizona's two year community colleges into four year, Bachelors Degree granting institutions? It's happening elsewhere. On the plus side, a four year college education would … Read more
by David Safier I was never a big encyclopedia fan — the 25 volume Britannica I grew up with in my living room pretty much gathered dust in my literate household — but the end of Encarta, Microsoft's digital encyclopedia, merits notice. In the internet age, it no longer serves much purpose. Its last gasp … Read more