by David Safier We haven't heard much about the whole Ethnic Studies fight lately. Here's the latest, from a Save Ethnic Studies media release: Late yesterday [Monday, November 14] the plaintiffs in the Acosta . et. al. v. Huppenthal case filed their motion for preliminary injunction seeking a court order halting all further enforcement action … Read more
by David Safier Penn State's coverup of child molestation is, among other things, an example of the primacy of college sports over a university's mission, and in this case, over common decency. Protecting the football program was more important than stopping a known pedophile. A 1974 Arizona law isn't a direct parallel, but it's another … Read more
by David Safier I'm a bit late on this one, but since I go after Ed Supe Huppenthal on a regular basis, I should also give him a touch of credit — only a touch, mind you — where a touch of credit is due. He actually apologized for a homophobic statement he made, after … Read more
by David Safier Looks like Ed Supe John Huppenthal is a born again big spender when it comes to education. We absolutely need to spend $50 million more for the sake of education reform, he says, and he plans to get the cash out of the legislature next session. We don't need the money for … Read more
by David Safier After my post earlier today analyzing Arizona's largest-in-the-nation jump in 4th grade math scores on the 2011 NAEP (a closer look makes this achievement far less awe inspiring than it sounds), I decided to explore something else. I wondered, did Hispanics make larger gains than whites in Arizona on the NAEP tests … Read more