by David Safier Terry Goddard is getting press now that he's announced for Governor. It's time for him to make firm statements. Instead, he's making kinda firm statements. "I do think economic recovery is the key to fixing our budget in the long run." I do think? I do think? What, you don't know? And … Read more
by David Safier First we have a bill to hold back 3rd graders if their reading scores are too low. It exists because of a misrepresentation of the benefits of 3rd grade retention in Florida pushed by Matthew Ladner of the Goldwater Institute. Now we have a bill to make high school students pass a … Read more
by David Safier Plenty of people are applying to go to college in Arizona as undergrads, but graduate school enrollment has fallen slightly. It may just be a bump in the road. But if it's more than that, the future of Arizona's ability to attract and hold businesses that produce high paying jobs may be … Read more
by David Safier This is just sad. Out of 40 states plus the District of Columbia that applied to win a piece of the largest federal education grant ever awarded, Arizona's application ranked 40th. Only South Dakota posted a worse score. It's not that Arizona didn't try. A 60 member group Brewer put together drafted … Read more
by David Safier When both the Sonoran Alliance and Jon Justice go after you, you know you're doing something right. The Arizona Education Network made news recently for its rating of state legislators on their education votes. (Funny thing, though. The presser was covered all over the state but not in the Star, even though … Read more