by David Safier Tea Party favorite, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, wants to add $1 billion to the state's school budget. Mr. Scott, whose popularity has tumbled this year, proposed $1 billion in new money for Florida schools despite a yawning budget deficit. Putting heft behind his words, he vowed to veto any budget bill that … Read more
by David Safier Note to the governor's people who name boards: If you don't want the Arizona Ready Education Council called "A-Wreck," don't make its initials AREC. (I considered noting, Brewer & Co. think ALEC is too liberal/socialist, so they changed the L-Left in its initials to R-Right to come up with AREC — but … Read more
by David Safier Schools run on the profit motive and K-12 education do not mix well. We've seen that again and again. I've written a lot about for profit Imagine Schools which runs the largest string of charter schools in the nation and is notorious for its bad practices. I've written plenty about K12 Inc., … Read more
by David Safier Arizona's new education empowerment accounts — vouchers by another name, with a new twist to make them even more insidious — will be tested in court Monday. The lawsuit comes from the Arizona School Boards Association. The law is the Goldwater Institute's baby. I don't know what the arguments against the vouchers … Read more
by David Safier A brief break from "Ain't it awful!" news to relate a couple of positive items. From Texas: Abstinence only education is on the wane. "In a state that has long encouraged an abstinence-only approach to sex education, the number of Texas school districts teaching students about contraception along with abstinence has surged … Read more