by David Safier At last Thursday's Ed Superintendent candidate forum, John Huppenthal repeated something he's said before. He said private schools are public schools. The reason is — get ready for this — students in private schools are members of the public, so that makes the schools public schools, since they serve the public. Got … Read more
by David Safier Earlier today I criticized the media for covering the Goldwater Institute's report about the growth of administration at universities before anyone had a chance to read the report thoroughly, since it was just released today. Maybe, I said, based on G.I.'s history, some of the facts and figures in the report were … Read more
by David Safier The Star and the Republic both gave lots of ink to a Goldwater Institute report that came out today. The report says universities are top-heavy administratively. Anyone see a problem here? I do. First, this research paper came out today, so no one outside G.I. has had a chance to review it. … Read more
by David Safier At Thursday's Ed Supe debate in Tucson, the candidates were asked their opinion of private school tuition tax credits. John Huppenthal got a little defensive, and, unless he can back up this figure, ventured way, way off into Fantasy Land — or at best, into cleverly worded Deception Land. Huppenthal was making … Read more
by David Safier An op ed in Sunday's Republic questions the value of the Teach for America program and the success of its teachers. (Full disclosure: I'm friends with one of the authors, Carole Edelsky, a retired ASU prof, but I didn't know about the op ed until I saw it this morning.) According to … Read more