by David Safier Today's Daily Email from Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner is worse than usual if only because it misuses the data from two good studies. There's not a factual inaccuracy to be found, only gross errors of overstatement and omission. The headline states the premise of the email: President Obama should transfer Head Start … Read more
by David Safier Looks like going after all that sorcery and devil worship in Harry Potter books isn't enough. Now they're going after dictionaries in elementary schools. [A parent] called the principal of Oak Meadows Elementary School to say that entries describing oral sex in the dictionary were too explicit. The books were immediately pulled … Read more
by David Safier A piece of hilarity. I have to give a hat tip to Seeing AZ Red for this one, not a blog I'm used to tipping my hat to. John Huppenthal, running for Ed Supe, has a humongous 24 foot sign proclaiming his candidacy and general wonderfulness. On Saturday, he hung it on … Read more
by David Safier Color me suspicious. When the Star, then the Republic publish articles about district schools scrambling to cope with competition from charter schools — a day apart, with no specific event driving the news — I have to think both stories are being driven by an outside agenda. Wanna bet both papers got … Read more
by David Safier A front page Sunday Star article is titled, Sunnyside, TUSD work to counter charters' lure. Decent headline, I have to mention, since my post below criticizes other Star headlines. Though the story talks about students going to private schools as well as charters, charters are the main focus. Charter schools are pulling … Read more