by David Safier I just saw an op ed by friend of the blog Matthew Ladner in White Mountain Central Online. You know the drill by now. Arizona students have terrible test scores. Florida students have wonderful test scores. So here's how we can be more like Florida. And so on. Which reminded me. I … Read more
by David Safier What? You have problems with my headline? You doubt that crime is down this year — and it is, according to an FBI report — as a result of people being exposed to increasingly violent images in film, TV and video games? Look, I'm just trying to be consistent here. Every time … Read more
by David Safier Around and around and around we go. Just when Horne & Co. thought the Supreme Court ruling on our ELL program meant he had won the battle and didn't have to spend more money to educate ELL students, the battle begins anew. Judge Collins was told by The Supremes he couldn't take … Read more
by David Safier I've written posts on BfA condemning the new law that cut the heart out of teacher tenure in Arizona. My most recent column in the Explorer is on the same topic. A number of newspaper editorials and op eds have chimed in as well. But I haven't seen anyone looking beyond the … Read more
by David Safier I'm back on the Imagine Schools story, which I've never really let go of but haven't written about lately. They've been in the news recently in Indiana, Texas and Florida, but I'm the only one looking at them here. (Imagine Schools is a Virginia corporation that runs 70-something charters across the country, … Read more