Imagine Schools in Arizona, an introduction

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

Bush was indoctrinating our children!!!!!!

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

Imagine School in Indiana: High lease costs hurt students

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

Horne don’t get no respect

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

Best journalistic sentence of the day

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