by David Safier The anti-Ethnic Studies bill just signed by the Accidental Guv would have gotten little more than passing notice in the national press if it didn't come on the heels of SB1070. But the bill is getting plenty of negative attention (Arizona did it again!) and TUSD is getting positive attention for its … Read more
by David Safier Who, talking about something we do here in Arizona, said, "It's just like the old South, and it's long past time that we prohibited it"? Was it Raul Grijalva? Dolores Huerta? Al Sharpton? Nope, nope and nope. It was Tom Horne. And he was talking about (drum roll, please) TUSD's Ethnic Studies … Read more
by David Safier Buzz Mills, candidate for Governor, has a great plan. He wants to increase our surveillance of the border. That, of course, will cost money, so we need to cut back on less essential expenditures, like schools. And specifically, school administrators. How bad is it in our administratively top-heavy school districts? Mills tweeted … Read more
by David Safier (exclusive to El Blog for Arizona) On PBS' Horizon, Host Ted Simons interviewed Goldwater Institute's Byron Schlomach along with an ASU economist discussing the sales tax hike. Simons asked Schlomach exactly the right question about G.I.'s ridiculous claim that a 1 cent sales tax hike will cost the average family $400. Where … Read more
by David Safier (Exclusive to El Blog for Arizona) I haven't written about Tom Horne's decision to get rid of teachers whose English is heavily accented and possibly not grammatically correct. It's one of those stories that take a little time to wrap a post around, and I haven't had the time to do it … Read more