Education

Arizona Democratic Roadmap to the Future 2012

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by David Safier

The Arizona Democratic Party has just released a pdf, Roadmap to the Future 2012. Because of our new BfA download policy, I've put a link to the pdf after the jump.

You'll find a number of interesting proposals in the Roadmap, like these:

  • Require disclosure of lobbying activities and special perks to legislators by groups like ALEC
  • Adopt ethics reform to stop gifts and favors to legislators from special interests in the wake of the Fiesta Bowl scandal
  • Create a lower tax burden for small businesses who hire Arizona workers
  • Stop private prison expansion
  • Require an automatic sunset on all current and future tax credits and loopholes
  • Use surplus funds to renew and maintain school buildings to create jobs and invest in our school infrastructure
  • Restore health care for children and the most vulnerable to minimize long-term health care costs

Download Roadmap to the Future 2012 after the jump.

Does Rich Crandall have skin in the “No Free School Lunches” game?

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by David Safier Rich Crandall is behind a bill that would allow Arizona schools to say No to the federal government's free and reduced lunch program. Crandall is also President and CFO of Crandall Corporate Dietitians, which calls itself "the nation's largest provider of dietary consulting and menu services to nursing homes, long-term care facilities, … Read more

Confirmation that TUSD book ban is discriminatory

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by David Safier Last night Dr. Word categorized the removal of texts from MAS classroom shelves as a "discriminatory, open-ended book ban." Since then, the Star published an article, TUSD rejects reports of book ban. Even though the article makes it clear the use of the books is prohibited using legal means — the definition … Read more

Dr. Word says: It is a discriminatory, open-ended book ban

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by David Safier Dr. Word has seen the arguments. TUSD banned books used in MAS classes; TUSD did not ban books used in MAS classes. He has decided the most accurate description of what has happened is this: TUSD has instituted a discriminatory, open-ended ban on the use of certain texts by certain teachers. Let … Read more

More on the Texas Bible class bill

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by David Safier This is a quick post about some material I've found via Google in the past few minutes. The Texas Bible Course bill I mentioned below apparently requires the teaching of the Bible in public schools. That, of course, is the direction Terri Proud would like to take us using her bill, HB2563, … Read more