by David SafierI think Ed Sec Arne Duncan really, truly wants to improve education in this country, and I don't think he has a political agenda. He doesn't want to make education more liberal or more conservative. He wants to make it better. That doesn't mean he'll do a good job, but it does mean … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is back on his high horse again arguing for the elimination of the ethnic studies programs at Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). Bill aims to rid TUSD of ethnic studies: "Ethnic studies programs … are designed to promote ethnic chauvinism," state Superintendent of Public Instruction … Read more
by David SafierI'm relieved I'm not pushing to end a program that's a proven success in raising students' academic achievement. The right wing would say I hate children, that I'm willing to further my own partisan liberal agenda at the expense of students' futures. Nope. They're the ones who want to end ethnic studies programs … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: According to ALIS SB1123, the bill to to require Tucson to conduct nonpartisan elections, and elections by ward ward only, is a "do pass" in the Senate Committee of the Whole (COW) today. It will now move over to the House. Earlier this week, the Arizona Daily Star weighed in on this … Read more
Posted byAzBlueMeanie: Some 50 years after the U.S. Surgeon General first warned of the dangers of smoking and 45 years after the seminal Surgeon General's 1964 Report on Smoking and Health, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally will be authorized to regulate tobacco products. It has been a long time in coming. On Thursday, … Read more