by David Safier Today's Star editorial slams the $92,000 TUSD plans to spend on a "marketing campaign to attract Anglo students to three Tucson schools." I don't have an opinion about the wisdom of the marketing move. But I want to point out a few problems with the editorial. First, the editorial left out an … Read more
by David Safier What do you think about the educational ethics of a for-profit college where recruiters were instructed to use high-pressure sales techniques and inflated claims about career placement to increase student enrollment, regardless of applicants’ qualifications. Recruiters were encouraged to enroll even applicants who were unable to write coherently, who appeared to be … Read more
by David Safier Arne Duncan called the requirements of No Child Left Behind a "slow-motion train wreck." He's right, of course. Requiring 100% proficiency in math and reading by 2014 is absurd. States have been low-balling the requirements for years, and now they're facing balloon payments they can't meet. So Duncan is planning to let … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Huffington Post reports on Matt Damon's appearance over the weekend during the Save Our Schools March & National Call to Action in Washington D.C. Damon's mother is a public school teacher and when confronted by some wingnut libertarian reporter from Reason.tv, Damon hit back at her and her cameraman pretty hard. … Read more
by David Safier I haven't seen the film and know nothing about it, but I love the title: “The Inconvenient Truth about Waiting for Superman.” Voices for Education will be screening it Saturday, 11 am, The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress. I hope it's good. We'll find out. My take on the original, amazingly disingenuous … Read more