by David Safier I've slacked off on posting about charter schools lately, but I haven't stopped collecting material from around the country. It's clear that, in charter schools' under-regulated wild, wild west, there's lots of money to be made. And with Arne Duncan plowing huge sums into charters across the country, the money scramble is … Read more
by David Safier Boy, is this fun! I posted earlier that GOP Guv hopeful Buzz Mills bested the Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner when Mills tweeted: 1:1 ratio of administrators to teachers. Cut admin to appropriate level – improve education while freeing budget $$$ Ladner only maintains that bus drivers are bureaucrats, not administrators — and, … Read more
by David Safier No way I can jinx the Prop 100 outcome now, it's in the bag (Silly solipsistic superstition, I know. Guilty as charged). Prop 100 didn't just win. It won big. Almost 2-to-1 big. I told someone Monday I was hoping for at least a 5 point victory — I really meant 10 … Read more
by David Safier Much as I want to post about what looks like a big Prop 100 victory, I'll just kind of hold off for a little bit here. When I see the results in tomorrow morning's paper . . .
by David Safier Republicans love to throw out facts and figures when they're interviewed or when they're giving speeches. The more the better, the more specific the better. The average family isn't about 3 people. It's 2.7 people. Vic Williams' absurd assertion about the amount spent on administration in Amphi isn't "about half." It's "47 … Read more