by David Safier This is the first in what will be a continuing series of reminders between now and the end of the year. Give your $200 ($400 per couple) public school tax credit before December 31! Here, let me make it easy for you. Here are the tax credit web pages for 4 local … Read more
by David Safier PBS had one of those bad/good stories about the cuts in Arizona education. It ends with a discussion of the potential revival of Tucson's Ochoa Elementary school.
by David Safier Al Melvin wrote an op ed in this week's Explorer telling people to give tax credit money for public schools and private school scholarships. It's pre-election touchy-feely time when Melvin has to burnish his "I'm just a guy who cares about people" credentials. Well, he inadvertently took his caring a bit farther … Read more
by David Safier The problem with for profit education is . . . it's for profit. Anyone who's looking to make a buck off of running schools has a constant conflict of interest between the students' best interest and the bottom line. Case in point. The University of Phoenix has to pay $48.5 million to … Read more
by David Safier It almost looks like Lisa Graham Keegan and I agree. Almost. She has an op ed in the Republic praising the paper for its discussions of the problems with tuition tax credits. I am extremely grateful to editorial writer Doug MacEachern and The Arizona Republic for clearly defining in 2009 the intended … Read more