by David Safier Here are the three big pieces of this story: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp recently purchased Wireless Generation, an educational data company. Ex-NY City school chancellor Joel Klein is the CEO on New Corp's education division. Wireless Generation has "a $1.5 million no-bid contract for a data system utilized by the New York … Read more
by David Safier The Pennsylvania Department of Ed has a study out of possible cheating on its 2009 standardized tests. About 60 Pennsylvania schools, including both district and charter schools, had three or more "flags" out of a possible eight. Where is the study from the AZ Dept of Ed? Our current Supe, John Huppenthal, … Read more
by David Safier Here's an ad running in Wisconsin against Randy Hopper, one of the state legislators facing recall. It's simple, it's effective, and with a few changes, it would work as an ad against most Arizona Republican legislators. Add to that, it's honest. What a concept!
by David Safier When the U.S. is compared to other countries in terms of education, it's always the U.S. vs. Finland, the U.S. vs. Sweden, and so on. And we always come out on the losing end. But you know, some of our states have similar populations to European countries. So why not disaggregate our … Read more
by David Safier The episode with state senator Lori Klein pointing her pink .380 Ruger at Republic reporter Richard Ruelas has gone national and viral. So naturally, Klein says, it didn't happen. Well, it did, but it didn't. She was demonstrating the laser sight for Ruelas by pointing it at the wall, she said, and … Read more