Meet The D.I.C.K.S

by David Safier A group of us were talking politics the other day when someone said, “You know, if you look at the problems in Clinton’s campaign, it was the men who screwed up every time.” That got me thinking. Clinton was the first woman in history who had a chance to win her party’s … Read more

McCain Ranch: Georgia on His Mind and Putin in His Sights

by David Safier Hey Poo-tin, you big Rooskie bear, here’s a taste of a good ol’ American knuckle sandwich with plenty o’ McCain mustard on it! You got some larnin’ to do about the code of the west, fellah. You tangle with mah partner in Georgia, you gonna find yourself tanglin’ with me — me … Read more

Is AZVA the Only K12 Virtual School Outsourcing Education?

by David Safier NOTE: This post deals with one aspect of the AZVA/K12 Inc. outsourcing topic. You can read all my posts on the topic here. If you only want to read one post, this is the one that pulls most of the threads together. Parents and interested educators in other states might direct questions … Read more

Did AZVA Send Student Names, IDs to India?

by David Safier Someone who says he scored and commented on papers the Arizona Virtual Academy (AZVA) sent to India writes that all the papers he read had the students’ names and IDs on them. This is in direct contradiction to what I was told by the former head of AZVA. She said all personal … Read more