by David Safier I continue to be astounded by TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone's op ed in Sunday's Star. Pedicone accuses the students who disrupted the TUSD Board meeting last week of talking with adults before they acted. As if that's a bad thing. Don't we teach our students, you need to talk with adults before … Read more
by David Safier This is only a rumor. But the rumor has it the reconvened TUSD Board meeting may not have a call to the audience, a time when audience members are allowed to voice their opinions about the proceedings — in this case, a vote on the resolution to make MAS history an elective … Read more
by David Safier I am concerned TUSD Supe John Pedicone caused his school district embarassment with his op ed in the Star. Some may actually say his piece is shocking and abhorrent. [See NOT-QUITE-SATIRE note below.] Some would have you believe Pedicone wrote this op ed on his own. I believe this may not be … Read more
by David Safier The NY Times op ed is The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries, written by Dave Eggers and Nínive Clements Calegari. Eggers I know as a fine writer. Clements I don't know. According to the ID under the op ed, the two are "founders of the 826 National tutoring centers and producers … Read more
by David Safier I'm still trying to catch up, so while this is a few days old, I want to make a comment because it's good news, and not at all what I expected. Brewer vetoed the second attempt at hiking the private school tuition tax credits from $500 per person to $750. I predicted … Read more