by David Safier Ruth McClung calls herself a rocket scientist, so it must be so, right? After all, she works at Raytheon where they only hire rocket scientists — don't they? — so I guess it must be true. What does McClung actually do at Raytheon? I don't know, since I've never heard her mention … Read more
by David Safier Irony alert. John Huppenthal is running for the office of Superintendent of Public Education, but it looks like he's not interested in educating the voting public about the considerable differences of opinion separating him and Penny Kotterman. It seems he feels more comfortable hiding out in Brewer's Bunker firing out those sound … Read more
by David Safier Horne said, "This is why I'm running for attorney general, because we need someone to fight against these things." The story is about two ongoing federal investigations of Arizona's mistreatment of ELL students. Two federal investigations have concluded that Arizona is violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act by shortchanging thousands of students … Read more
by David Safier Admittedly, this is a complex set of issues, but they deserve more coverage than I've seen in the Arizona media. Arizona's ELL programs are undergoing scrutiny on two fronts. First, Arizona is back in court on the decades old Flores v. State of Arizona case about the quality — or lack of … Read more
by David Safier The decades old fight over the quality of Arizona's ELL education will be played out in a Tucson courtroom from Wednesday through Friday this week. The history of court battles over Flores v State of Arizona has reached legendary proportions. People supporting more state support for ELL education are asking others to … Read more