March4Schools Day local events

by David Safier Thursday, March 4, is March4School Day, with events across Arizona. I only have partial information about local events. If anyone can fill in more details, put them in the comments and I'll add them to the post. Tucson EA: Rally at Reid Park – promoting the role of public schools in the … Read more

More on school recess

by David Safier From Steve Gall: I have intitated an advisory committee on recess called ROAR- reach out awareness for recess.  We have local pediatricians supporting us and our goal is to make parents aware of the need for physical activity in the local elementary schools and how organized recess can address the problem of … Read more

Violent imagery from conservative educator

by David Safier This isn't a big deal, but it's part of a frightening trend: the increasingly violence-tinged imagery of the right wing. Educator Diane Ravitch has been making news lately, because she's gone from promoting conservative educational ideas to bashing NCLB, high stakes testing and charter schools, moving to the left of Obama and … Read more

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 4

by David Safier Day 4 of my G.I. Guarantee Watch has come and gone, and still no word from Matthew Ladner or Darcy Olsen of the Goldwater Institute about honoring G.I.'s Guaranteed Research policy. You can go to the Day 3 post to get all the information about Matthew Ladner's error which led me to … Read more

Williams’, Kotterman’s Ed Supe platforms

by David Safier Jason Williams and Penny Kotterman are traveling around the state wooing Democratic voters for their Superintendent of Education primary candidacies, making their cases based on their bios and their stands on the issues. Williams just sent out a press release explaining his campaign platform, which makes this a good time to look … Read more