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
by David Safier If you haven't been following, two lawsuits have been filed under the guidance of the AZ Charter Schools Association. One is to equalize funding among public school districts, and the other is to get the same amount of building funds for charters as traditional public schools. The Charter Schools Association is a … 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. This is a first post in my attempts to try and make sense of the Imagine Schools in Arizona. I'm plowing new territory, since I've … Read more
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