Indiana paper warns of Arizona-like tax credits

by David SafierIn another example of the benefits that can come from good investigative journalism, Fort Wayne's Journal Gazette published an editorial today using the East Valley Trib's articles on Arizona's tuition tax credit abuses as a warning for Indiana. Indiana just passed a tuition tax credit law. It's only $2.5 million, a drop in … Read more

Peeking Into Charter Schools: Imagine Schools

by David Safier “It’s our school as much as anyone else’s school. We’ve made it very clear that if you don’t trust us, don’t start with us, because we are there forever. It’s very difficult to unwind this marriage, and it was meant to be that way.”Dennis Bakke, founder, President and CEO of Imagine Schools … Read more

Star suckered by G.I. once again

by David SafierIt's just too hard to resist. Easy to read stats and charts, easy to understand conclusions, a bit of punch to the results. The Goldwater Institute should be in marketing, not think-tanking. Oh, wait, that's right. It is. Last Thursday I showed the methodological weaknesses of two G.I. studies that "conclude" private schools … Read more

Bizarre story

by David SafierThis from Dawn Teo who writes frequently on Huffington Post. PHOENIX, AZ — The 26-year-old President of the Maricopa County Community Colleges (MCCC) governing board and staunch Christian conservative activist, Colleen Clark (R), admitted this week that she was arrested for drunken driving in July. According to the police report, Clark was so … Read more