by David Safier Thomas Friedman has a column this morning about the outright lie spread by Republicans and their media scream machine that Obama was planning to spend $200 million a day on his recent trip to India. Friedman gives Anderson Cooper credit for debunking it the day after Michelle Bachmann spread the lie on … Read more
by David Safier I hope I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure TUSD's Ethnic Studies is toast. With Huppenthal as Ed Supe and nary a Democrat in sight in a major elected state position, I don't see how anyone can stop the Republicans from shutting the program down. The anti-Ethnic Studies crowd condemns the program — … Read more
by David Safier You know Kaplan, the tutoring/test-prep company? (You need to boost your SATs or LSATs, or you're having trouble with math? That's what Kaplan is there for.) Now they run a string of for-profit colleges as well, and they make four times as much from them as they do from their tutoring business. … Read more
by David Safier It hasn't gotten much press here, but there are moves at the federal level to put more rules and regulations on for-profit colleges like, for instance, University of Phoenix. It's not that the feds want to tell these colleges how and what to teach. It's that they want to make sure the … Read more
by David Safier From Steve Gall: The TUSD open hearing on elementary school recess is tonight, Tuesday, the 9th, 6:30, at TUSD Headquarters. All interested parents, teachers and citizens are encouraged to come and express their opinions on daily organized recess.