by David Safier No, I'm not kidding. SB1467 would make FCC broadcasting standards the touchstone for what can be taught in the classroom. If the FCC says you can't broadcast it, Arizona says you can't teach it. This law, by the way, would apply to Pre-K through Grad School. Yes, it includes public community colleges … Read more
by David Safier Change.org has once again demonstrated its worth as an agent of social change. TUSD teacher and former MAS teacher Norma Gonzalez posted a petition on the site telling the Board, "Don't lock up knowledge, return books to students now!" Currently, 15,362 have signed. The purpose of the petition is to take the … Read more
by David Safier It turns out the rich are more educated than the poor. And it turns out, the gap is widening. Who knew education, which is supposed to be the great equalizer and create our level playing field, isn't equalizing because the playing field is tilted? Education was historically considered a great equalizer in … Read more
by David Safier Salomón Baldenegro has an excellent op ed in today's Star where he discusses at length the dangerous statement — Baldenegro uses the term "slander" — made by TUSD Board member Michael Hicks on Garrett Lewis' Morning Ritual Interviews on KNST February 2. Hicks, in his effort to dirty up UA students and … Read more
by David Safier In a push for greater "plurality of methodologies and perspectives in Arizona's colleges and universities," Gilbert Republican Tom Forese has introduced HB 2770 to assure that "a university or community college shall not hire, fire or deny promotion or tenure to any faculty member on the basis of that faculty member's political … Read more