by David Safier The Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner has written lately about the gains students in traditional public schools made on their NAEP scores. (The NAEP is considered the gold standard of national standardized tests.) He acknowledges, when traditional public schools are run well, they get results. Of course, he's not talking about Arizona schools. … Read more
by David Safier The website, Funny or Die, goes after teacher cutbacks and overcrowding in California schools. Change a word here and a word there, and we're in Arizona. Hot for Teachers w/ Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green from Megan Fox
by David Safier KUAT will air a debate on Prop. 100, the sales tax hike initiative 6:30pm this evening (Sunday). Arguing for the proposition will be Ann-Eve Pedersen of the Arizona Education Network. Arguing against the proposition will be Farrell Quinlan, the Arizona State Director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Stan Reynolds, Vice … Read more
by David Safier You may remember John Huppenthal's faux pas at the January State Republican Party meeting. He hung the world's biggest poster on the wall of the Saguaro High auditorium — it was a full 24 feel long — by drilling holes in the wall. Without permission. Oops. Commenter Todd, who read this morning's … Read more
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