by David Safier Media Release from the Pima County Democratic Party: Pima Dems Call on TUSD to Appeal Huppenthal Ruling to Superior Court. The Pima County Democratic Party urges the TUSD Governing Board to appeal Superintendent Huppenthal’s administrative ruling to superior court. We further reiterate our support for the TUSD Mexican American Studies curriculum and … Read more
by David Safier All the talk of Huppenthal’s accusing the MAS program of inaccuracies and distortions took me on a trip down memory lane, to August, 2010, when Huppenthal attended a Tucson forum for Ed Supe candidates. I had my recorder with me, so my quotes are accurate. Huppenthal said this about his time in … Read more
by David Safier Things are shaping up to move Arizona education a few more steps backward this year. First, Ed Supe John Huppenthal performed as expected and declared Mexican American Studies to be in violation of the law created to put MAS in violation of the law. In an act of extraordinary dickishness, he decided … Read more
by David Safier The NY Times has an interesting article on a phenomenon that's been studied before, with similar conclusions: Good teachers have lasting positive effects on students; bad teachers have lasting negative effects on students. This seemingly obvious conclusion actually isn't so obvious, and the details are less obvious still. It would be easy … Read more
by David Safier Pete Aleshire of the Payson Roundup put together a thoughtful article looking at the direction Arizona schools are being taken by Jan Brewer, Craig Barrett and the AZ lege. He wraps his ideas around an interview with Payson Unified School District Superintendent Casey O’Brien. The superintendent disparages the overemphasis on high stakes … Read more