by David Safier I refuse to summarize the garbage coming out of the Republican/right wing outrage machine about a group of elementary school children singing the praises of Obama. If you haven't read about it, this might not make any sense, but those are the breaks. Here is a song that was sung by schoolchildren … Read more
by David SafierThis is one of a series of posts, Peeking into Charter Schools. If you have information you wish to contribute, you can post comments or email me: safier@schooltales.net. Here's a perfect illustration of how Imagine Schools (there are 72 nationwide, 14 in Arizona) pulls its quick school building shuffle, taking money from students' … Read more
by David Safier Ed Supe Tom Horne is taking a beating in the Tucson press. KOLD went after him pretty hard after his "I haven't read the report, but I can play the race card anyway" news conference. Now a Star editorial is calling him on it too. The headline says it pretty well. Schools … Read more
by David Safier From the Star: Alvarez said no one is allowed to write on school property unless they have permission from the dean of students. How about reading on school propery? Is that all right? OK, so I took the quote out of context. But the context is pretty funny too. Here's the first … Read more
At a news conference Tom Horne called to blast the new TUSD discipline plan, he said: "I haven't read the plan itself, but I've read descriptions of the plan." [referring to a column that misrepresented the plan and a newspaper article] by David SafierTeacher: Tom, how are you doing on that book we're reading?Tom: That … Read more