by David Safier When I read that Peggy Judd (R, LD-25) said, “We are spending more money (on public education) in Arizona than we need to,” I wrote, LD-25 Democrats, fire up your laptops and start your engines. Silly me, thinking I had to remind Pat Fleming, who lost her LD-25 seat in last November's … Read more
by David Safier The U.S. Departments of Education and of Justice have made it official. School districts may not use enrollment practices "that may chill or discourage the participation, or lead to the exclusion, of students based on their or their parents’ or guardians’ actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status." In other words, school … Read more
by David Safier NPR's All Things Considered put together a 4 minute piece today linking SB1070, the Baja Arizona movement and the Ethnic Studies fight. (If the player doesn't come up, follow the link. You can hear it there.)
by David Safier LD-25 Democrats, fire up your laptops and start your engines. Peggy Judd is quoted in the Nogales paper as saying we're spending more on public ed than we should in Arizona. Judd told the reporter she wants to spend her time learning more about her district. Among her tasks: She’s also working … Read more
by David Safier Cheating on high stakes, standardized tests again? And in Arizona? And at a charter school? What will we tell the children? Chester Newton/Sunnyside Charter and Montessori School in Camp Verde has been accused of "irregularities in the testing procedures and inappropriate assistance" in grades 3 through 8. The head cheat appears to … Read more