by David Safier The recent issue of the Washington Monthly is devoted to higher education. One of the stories,The College For-profits Should Fear, is about the nonprofit Western Governors University, which I knew nothing about. Interesting read. One of the most interesting sections was about for-profit colleges. First sit down, then read this passage about … Read more
by David Safier In 2010, Prop 107, whose purpose was to end affirmative action in Arizona's schools, public employment and public contracting, was passed by the voters. The proposition has a long history which began in California in 1996, made its way into ALEC's model legislation database, passed in Washington, Michigan and Nebraska, and came … Read more
by David Safier Here we go again: another chain of for-profit colleges in trouble. This time it's Career Education Corp.'s California Culinary Academy in San Francisco: Under a pending $40 million settlement in state court, Career Education has agreed to offer rebates of up to $20,000 to 8,500 students who attended the academy between 2003 … Read more
by David Safier Steven Brill trashes teachers and district schools while he sings the praises of charters in his book, "Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools." (Full disclosure: I haven't read it and don't intend to waste my time reading it in the future.) The book has been reviewed extensively by serious … Read more
by David Safier We have two choices. Either AZ Department of Education spokesman Andrew LeFevre has fourth grade math skills, at best, or he's purposely trying to evade the issue. You be the judge. Here are the facts: Arizona school districts cut more than 10,000 employees – including 6,640 instructors – from March 2009 to … Read more