We have one private school participant

by David Safier I received an email this morning from a teacher at an Arizona independent school who is planning to ask his students if they were surveyed for the civics test Goldwater Institute used to create 3 separate studies comparing high school students attending public and private schools. The question is, was the survey … Read more

Any private school teachers or adminstrators reading this?

by David Safier More on the survey results used for the G.I. civics study (No, I'm not obsessed, just very interested). Here's a way to get closer to finding out whether Strategic Vision LLC actually completed the survey for G.I. and didn't just make up the results. It can be worth a $25 gift card … Read more

More on civics survey data

by David Safier I don't know if Matthew Ladner is working from his end to discover whether or not the public school/private school survey he commissioned from Strategic Vision LLC was legit or fraudulent. But I have to say, he's been very forthcoming with documentation. I asked him if he would give me the raw … Read more

Teachers union to sue state

by David Safier The legislature just passed a whole bunch of changes affecting teachers, not just budget cuts. They were passed earlier but Brewer's budget vetoes eliminated them. Now they're back. And the teacher's union is suing. First, a comment. If I'm a serious teacher planning to make it a career, I'm going to pass … Read more

Matthew Ladner responds

by David Safier Matthew Ladner commented on the concerns I have expressed, along with others, about the survey Strategic Vision LLC was paid to conduct for G.I. Here are his comments, in full. David- I believed you linked to a post last week where I explained that I am awaiting further evidence from Strategic Vision. … Read more