by David Safier For those of you in the classroom who are looking for a resource to keep up with what's fact and what's fiction on a day-to-day basis, FactCheck.org has launched a new website FactCheckEd.org. I haven't looked through it myself, so this is information for educators, not an endorsement. Both sites are projects … Read more
by David Safier Our latest Floridation of Arizona Education move is to create a constitutionally sanctioned voucher system. Florida had one. The students in private schools performed no better than those is public schools. And it was ruled unconstitutional and tossed out. But never mind details. We need one too. Huppenthal wants to import the … Read more
by David Safier Not only are some states raising taxes to cope with their budget shortfalls, but their legislatures have the courage to vote for the increased taxes themselves instead of asking voters to make the tough decisions for them while cutting taxes for their corporate sugar daddies. Since the economic meltdown in late 2008, … Read more
by David Safier I've written at length about The Floridation of Arizona Education. If Florida does it — grading schools A through F, holding back kids in the third grade — pretty soon, we'll be doing it too. But it looks like Florida is turning this into a mutual admiration society. Coming down the pike … Read more
by David Safier I recommend you tiptoe through this stuff. You don't want too much of it to get on your shoes. With that word of warning, let's take a walk through Arizona Legislative Crazyland. We're being asked to vote for a 1 cent sales tax hike, to make sure we don't cut schools any … Read more