by David Safier Get ready for the conservative howls of anguish over federal intrusion. The U.S. Department of Ed is demanding explanations of tuition hikes from 530 colleges. The featured higher ed institution in the CNN article is ASU, with our other two universities in the next sentence. The nation's largest public university, Arizona State … Read more
by David Safier Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner has moved on to work with Jeb Bush promoting the "Florida Education Miracle" full time. The two have once again been called on their "research findings" by the National Education Policy Center. The Bush/Ladner duo have a PowerPoint dog and pony show they're taking around the country, based … Read more
by David Safier If you've been following the news and my posts about Mexican American Studies, you understand the controversy, but for a look inside the program from a philosophical, pedagogical and personal perspective, you have to attend an SES forum. I went to the last one, and as much time as I've spent looking … Read more
by David Safier I see Arizona's future as a school voucher state in a long, investigative article about Florida private "schools" — they definitely are private, but for many of them, "schools" belongs in quotes — participating in the state's voucher program. It is not a pretty picture. I can't begin to do justice to … Read more
by David Safier A friend called and told me she thought I was too kind to Terri Proud in my Friday post about the forum where Chris Ackerley laid out the way Arizona education funding works. My friend was at the event as well. "Too kind?" I responded. "I spoke well of the presentation by … Read more