Putting a hole in Hupp’s pro-school stance?

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

Republic chimes in on charter school cheerleading

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

Star charter school article kinda hits, kinda misses

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

Update on “Ed crime of the century” investigation

by David Safier I was told Ed Supe Tom Horne had 3 of his auditors at the Pima County School Superintendent's Office a few weeks ago, rifling through transportation records to try and get the goods on children who may be coming in from Mexico and riding the Lukeville bus into Ajo to go to … Read more

Recess-vision on Access TV, 4:30

by David Safier I'm late to post on this, but if you want to see the 10 minute video Access TV made of friend-of-the-blog Steve Gall organizing recess activities with local elementary school kids, it will be on today, Thursday, 4:30pm, on Comcast-73 and Cox-98. Steve is also working on shepherding a mandatory recess bill … Read more