by David Safier Contrary to my expectations when I walked into what was billed as a "public seminar sponsored by Rep. Terri Proud and Educating AZ Right," I heard an excellent,thorough explanation of education budgeting in Arizona. Chris Ackerley, a physics teacher at Amphi High School, gave a two hour talk about how ed funding … Read more
by David Safier I rarely post about comments, and almost never about two comments by the same person, but I really want to keep up a dialogue with Apollo Group spokesman Ryan Rauzon, because I think we can learn something — me, him, BfA readers — from the exchange. If there are legitimate points that … Read more
by David Safier Mi Familia Vota and Save Ethnic Studies are sponsoring a walk this Saturday, June 25, 9:30am-12:30pm. It begins at SEIU Headquarters, 1600 N Tucson Blvd # 100 (just south of Elm, between Grant and Speedway). You can sign up as a Yes or Maybe on the walk's Facebook page, or just show … Read more
by David Safier Three Sonorans has a shocking, illuminating, enjoyable post today. If you read it, you'll see how those three qualities fit together. It's titled Latest book excerpts found in Latino homes lead to Huppenthal banning the first book from Arizona schools. Warning: Don't just read the beginning, or even the first half, then … Read more
by David Safier I received a response to my post, "AZ Republicans demand tax break for Apollo Group, which increases fed deficit," from Ryan Rauzon, Apollo Group spokesman. First he sent me an email, then he sent essentially the same thing as a comment to the post. I won't rebut what he said, except for … Read more