by David Safier Ed Sec Arne Duncan wants more reliance on educational data but doesn't want teachers to teach to the test? Public schools in the United States need to try to spark creative thinking in children and move away from curriculums that just teach to standardized tests, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told nearly … Read more
by David Safier I wasn't planning on posting any more about G.I. today, but then I read the Daily Email written by Matthew Ladner. How can I resist when he once again demonstrates that he writes for political effect, not to give a fair hearing to the issues? His subject for today is cutting "education … Read more
by David Safier This is my fourth post about the "Florida Education Miracle" which Arizona Republican legislators are hoping to duplicate here with a few selective bills — most notably, one that holds students back in the 3rd grade if their reading scores are low. This Floridation of Arizona Education is being pushed by the … Read more
by David Safier AZ Blue Meanie was right to tear into Tom Tancredo for his blatantly racist suggestion that we need civics and literacy tests for voters. People who don't see the latent — and not-so-latent — strain of racism among tea partiers and many others in the anti-Obama movement just don't want to see … Read more
by David Safier Craig already posted about this, but it's mouth-dropping enough, it deserves a second look. "The Welfare Queen" stereotype is back, courtesy of Southern Arizonans like Antenori, Melvin, Gowan and Stevens as well as some of the Maricopa madmen who've taught our local legislators all they know. They've written a bill saying if … Read more