by David Safier I've posted often about problems with Imagine Schools, a corporation out of Virginia that runs 71 charter schools across the country, including 13 in Arizona. Saturday, the issues raised here, on other blogs and in local papers across the country (no papers in Arizona, unfortunately) received major coverage in the NY Times. … Read more
by David Safier I am now and always have been a union man, and especially a teacher union man. Without the unions, school conditions would be dramatically worse for students and for teachers. Having said that, I always felt uncomfortable when the union protected teachers who weren't any good at their jobs. Every time I … Read more
by David Safier Last December, Tucson Weekly ran an article by Tim Vanderpool about the Sonoran Science Academy charter schools: Hidden Agenda? Parents raise concerns that a Tucson charter school has ties to a Turkish nationalist movement. Today, Tim Steller has a long, excellent piece in the Star about Sonoran Science. It's well researched, informative … Read more
by David Safier My jaw drops in amazement when I read most of the Goldwater Institute's Daily Emails, but today, G.I. is at its jaw-dropping best. G.I. has gotten lots of push back for its assertion that Prop 100 will cost Arizona 14,000 jobs. Some UA economists gave the lie to G.I's figures, noting they … Read more
by David Safier Here's a good way to measure of the level of Republican wingnuttery in Arizona. I'm about to praise Vic Williams, and by extension, Jan Brewer, for being at least a little supportive of our public schools. In today's Explorer, Williams has an op ed saying he's planning to vote for Prop 100: … Read more