by David Safier A recent article in the Republic revealed that a charter school, Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning, has been getting state money — the per pupil dollars charters get to educate kids — to furnish courses for students at Joy Christian School. This is wrong, and most likely illegal, in a few ways. … Read more
by David Safier An article by Amanda Soares in the AZ Guardian, which you need a subscription to read, discusses the Jeb Bush talk with legislators in more detail. The bottom line: if we want to do some of the things Florida did in education, it will take more money. Chuck Essigs, a veteran education … Read more
by David Safier A complex new story in the Republic about a too-close-for-comfort relationship between Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning, a charter school, and Joy Christian, a private religious school whose students get tuition tax credit money, deserves a careful read. The word "scam" springs to mind. I'm going to be gone today, so instead … Read more
by David Safier So. The Goldwater Institute brings Jeb Bush out to talk to members of the legislature's out-of-session education committees and, I suppose, anyone else who wants to listen. Friend of the blog Matthew Ladner is good buds with Jeb. Ladner wrote a book about the miracle of Florida education, and Jeb Bush wrote … Read more
by David Safier Goldwater's Matthew Ladner is up in Phoenix today shepherding around Jeb Bush, who is in town (brought here by G.I.) to sing the praises of the "Florida educational [not really such a] miracle" to members of the House and Senate education committees. So I doubt if I can rain on his parade. … Read more