by David Safier In the comments section of a post about Huppenthal's hagiographic misrepresentation of Ben Franklin (translation: Huppenthal painted a rosier-than-deserved portrait of Ben and the slavery issue), Tom Prezelski asked a tangential but interesting question: [H]as anybody publically asked Margaret Garcia Dugan why she has stopped using the name "Garcia?" All through the … Read more
by David Safier I went to the Ed Supe forum at Rincon High Thursday, audio recorder in hand. All the candidates did reasonably well by themselves. By that I mean, I doubt if many people in the audience changed their vote based on a stellar performance by one candidate or a serious mistake by another. … Read more
by David Safier Tom Horne wants university researchers to turn over the names of teachers who participated in UA and ASU studies. The studies conclude that Horne's English Immersion program is having a negative effect on students. This would be a frightening request at any time, but the idea of giving this kind of ammunition … Read more
by David Safier Maybe a real teacher might recommend doing this, I don't know. But I can't think of one who would. Ed Supe Tom Horne, in his never-ending crusade against Raza Studies classes at TUSD, wants the district to videotape every minute of every ethnic studies class, every single day. In other words, he … Read more
by David Safier For me, this one of those . . . Wow, just Wow! . . . stories, and Steve Nuñez of KGUN9 deserves credit for reporting it so well. John Huppenthal has a campaign radio ad in which, according to Nuñez, the announcer declares John Huppenthal, '"One of us." Who is "us"? The … Read more