by David Safier I attended the almost-premiere of "Precious Knowledge," the documentary about the Mexican American Studies program, at the Fox Theater Thursday night. It was shown at a film festival earlier, but this was the first showing for a non-festival crowd. First, it was a good, moving film which made its point clearly and … Read more
by David Safier The UK Daily Mail wrote an article about the gangsta letter (i.e., the students are gangsta wannabes) sent by substitute teacher Tony Hill to Russell Pearce and read on the floor of the senate. The story has big photos of Steve Gallardo, Russell Pearce, Andrew LeFevre (ADE spokesman), along with a scenic … Read more
by David Safier The Arizona Education Network (AEN) notes that a letter to legislators from Arizona business executives was a primary reason five recent anti-immigrant bills were defeated. So why shouldn't CEOs who support education do the same to stop the cuts to K-12 schools and higher ed? AEN has made it easy for you … Read more
by David Safier As Al Pacino [kind of] said in Godfather 3, "Just when I thought Matthew Ladner was out, he pulls me back in again." Ladner is now a "Senior Fellow" rather than an employee at the Goldwater Institute since he moved on to work for Jeb Bush's so-called "Foundation for Excellence in Education," … Read more
by David Safier I'm happy to say, I've never been in one of those Good Cop, Bad Cop situations where one cop threatens to beat the crap out of you, then the other steps in and "saves" you. But what we're getting out of the Russell Pearce/Jan Brewer confrontation sounds pretty close to the scenes … Read more