by David Safier Vic Williams bit hard — Chomp! — chewed and swallowed the Goldwater Institute's "1-to-1 teacher to bureaucrat ratio" line. And, like Guv candidate Buzz Mills, he went G.I. one better, turning "bureaucrats" into "administrators." This is why the media needs to keep their crap detectors set to 11 every time G.I. makes … Read more
by David Safier Obama has thrown his support behind a $23 billion fund to keep teachers in the classroom. We applaud Chairmen Harkin, Miller and Obey for crafting legislation in direct response to these challenges. S. 3206, the Keep Our Educators Working Act, H.R. 2847, the Jobs for Main Street Act, and H.R. 4812, the … Read more
by David Safier It's unfair of me to compare a Star editorial with a column by Eugene Robinson, one of the finest stylists and most incisive analysts in the business. But if you only read one piece, read Robinson's beginning to end. It's brilliant. The Star editorial, Horne's mind is made up; why bother with … Read more
by David Safier Fox News Phoenix ran a story, What Would Happen if Prop 100 Fails? The Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner is there saying, if Prop 100 fails, no big deal. There's plenty there to cut. Ladner points out that out of 104,000 employees in Arizona's school districts, only a little over half of them … Read more
by David Safier I got so involved in crazy news yesterday, I neglected to give a few well-earned kudos to Steve Gall, who has been pressing for recess in elementary schools with laudable enthusiasm and tenacity. The Star gave Steve, his battles and successes a long, very positive story under the Health, medicine and fitness … Read more